[wiki] [official] removed last line and (open source) || hendry

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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:06 +0100 (BST)

changeset: 97:400c9e35ddc8
tag: tip
user: hendry_AT_iki.fi
date: Thu Jul 31 18:49:51 2008 +0100
files: common/index.md
description:
removed last line and (open source)


diff -r 54574d67d4b3 -r 400c9e35ddc8 common/index.md
--- a/common/index.md Thu Jul 31 18:32:54 2008 +0100
+++ b/common/index.md Thu Jul 31 18:49:51 2008 +0100
_AT_@ -45,17 +45,13 @@
 vulnerabilities become a commonplace. The only solution is to scrap the entire
 project and rewrite it from scratch.
 
-The bad news: quality rewrites rarely happen, because the (open source) hackers
-are proud of large amounts of code. They think they understand the complexity
-in the code, thus there's no need to rewrite it. They think of themselves as
-masterminds, understanding what others can never hope to grasp. To these types,
-complex software is the ideal.
+The bad news: quality rewrites rarely happen, because hackers are proud of
+large amounts of code. They think they understand the complexity in the code,
+thus there's no need to rewrite it. They think of themselves as masterminds,
+understanding what others can never hope to grasp. To these types, complex
+software is the ideal.
 
-But ingenious ideas are simple. Ingenious software is simple. Simplicity is the
+Ingenious ideas are simple. Ingenious software is simple. Simplicity is the
 heart of the Unix philosophy. The more code lines you have removed, the more
 progress you have made. As the number of lines of code in your software
 shrinks, the more skilled you have become and the less your software sucks.
-
-In other words: Removed code is debugged code, and it certainly doesn't use any
-memory or CPU time; so even better if you don't write it.
-
Received on Thu Jul 31 2008 - 19:51:06 CEST