On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 05:55:13PM +0000, Simon Cozens wrote:
> Never over-design. Never think "Hmm, maybe somebody would find this
> useful". Start from what you know people _have_ to have, and try to
> make that set smaller. When you can make it no smaller, you've reached
> one point. That's a good point to start from - use that for some real
> implementation.
>
> - Linus Torvalds
I've always shaken my head in disbelief when people measure/brag
about programming prowess by the number of lines of code written.
A true programmer is able to delete lines and still achieve the same
functionality while simultaneously making the code shorter and simpler
and therefore easier to understand and maintain.
--
$jhi++; # http://www.iki.fi/jhi/
# There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'.
# It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen
