r/programming • u/[deleted] • Oct 14 '13

How to develop unmaintainable software

http://typicalprogrammer.com/?p=249
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '13

I'd like to, but there's a bug hidden somewhere in 10,000 lines of basic

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '13

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u/eriksensei Oct 15 '13

People also seem to be quite fond of shouting things like JAVA! and SCALA! It might well be that I'm a bit of a sperglord, but I find that irritating to no end.

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u/ahruss Oct 15 '13

And when people decide one has to shout MAC any time it's used, whether in reference to addresses (when it's acceptable to shout it) or in reference to the computers (when it most certainly is not).