It’s been a very long time since I wrote any code at all. [And a good thing too, I hear you say :-) ]. As I get older, I find myself seeking (and occasionally finding) vicarious proxies for many things; one of the commonest proxies I use is reading.
So. While wandering around, I found this article, How To Write Unmaintainable Code. And enjoyed it. Maybe it shows my age.
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1 Hazel Edmunds // Sep 30, 2007 at 10:30 am
Thank you so much for this — I’m obviously showing my age as well! Just to confirm the age thing (after all no-one here knows who I am) I started my working life writing machine code for an Elliot 405 and graduated to the 803 (in 1961).
2 How To Code To Ensure Job For Life | iface thoughts // Sep 30, 2007 at 3:23 pm
[...] came across Roedy Green’s satire, via JP, on writing code to ensure a job for life. Though focused on Java, you can apply the tips quite [...]
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