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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: The *ART* of Computer Programming
Summary: what about code that was intended to be removed ...
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Date: 2 Mar 90 23:05:46 GMT
References: <12533@nigel.udel.EDU> <11270@encore.Encore.COM>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
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In article <11270@encore.Encore.COM> jdarcy@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff "lowercase d" d'Arcy) writes:
>Experience has taught me that one-shot programs have a very noticeable
>tendency to turn into official (sometimes even released) tools.  Thus,
>I think it's safe to say that JRD's assertion does in fact apply to all
>programs.

Experience has taught me that even code which was scheduled to be dumped
from a product stands a chance of being picked up and turned into an
official feature.  Code I added as a porting tool on a project I am
currently working on suddenly became a "feature" when someone noticed
how useful it was.  Now it's a "documented feature" ...

Moral is, always put your best algorithm forward ;-)
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