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Way back in the day, my boss made a lovely observation - 'write your code like it's going to be maintained by an axe murderer who has your home address, and not
by leibnitz27 7y ago
Way back in the day, my boss made a lovely observation - 'write your code like it's going to be maintained by an axe murderer who has your home address, and nothing to lose.'
Simple guidelines to live your life by ;)
- forgone 7y agoDid he call it "his" observation? I am yet to find a likeable person quoting this.
- kps 7y agoAttribution: “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.” — John F Woods, 1991 in comp.lang.c++¹ (I do not know who first replied, ‘I do know where I live.’) ¹ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.lang.c++/rYCO5yn4lXw/oITtSkZOtoUJ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.lang.c++/rYCO5yn4...