Subj : Re: Is well written code a rare species ?
To   : comp.programming
From : Charles Richmond
Date : Fri Aug 12 2005 04:39 pm

Anonymous George wrote:
> 
> Good day everyone,
> 
> This is my second job now. By now, in my 10 year career,
> I have had to maintain some programs that were written
> by others. Most of those programs were badly written.
> Global variables all over the place, way too long functions
> with hardly any useful comments, badly chosen function names,
> you name it.
> 
> Is bad programming common practice ?
> Is well written code a rare species ?
> 
> I ask this, because I want to know if I should change
> myself or if I should just go to another employer.
> My current job is driving me crazy, because it takes so much
> effort to do even the simplest modification to the application.
> 
I recommend that you quietly re-write the whole application, 
a little bit at a time. Interleave this activity with what your
job requires of you each day. As the re-write proceeds, your
regular job will get progressively easier to do.


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