On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 19:08:21 +0000, Dan Sommers wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 18:44:42 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> ... somebody who only knows how to write C++ [though he can do it in >> several different languages]. > > +1 QOTW (brilliant phrases in other threads are off topic and are > disqualified) > > I have also suffered through such maintenance, but I have never > described it quite so succinctly. > >> There was lot's of quiet swearing. > > "Quiet" is *not* one of my strong points.
How about "Some programmes have 20 years of experience, some have 1 year of experience 20 times" it covers pretty much the same poor coding practices. -- Ditat Deus. [God enriches] -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list