Re: [dev] dwm development continues NOW

From: Jack Woehr <jax_AT_well.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:28:33 -0600

Enno Boland (Gottox) wrote:
> 2009/6/21 Uriel <lost.goblin_AT_gmail.com>:
>
>> Excessive and naive obsession with code reuse is one of the major
>> sources of gratuitous complexity in the software industry.
>>
Ooh! Nice. "Having an idea and being able to execute it in code"
is in 75% of cases much more serendipitous than rote code reuse.

Besides, code reuse means usually "using someone else's code"
and "using someone else's code" is often the cause of "sucks".

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