replacing 2,500 lines of code with 50 lines of code and the only difference the client sees is the performance increase
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View Postreplacing 2,500 lines of code with 50 lines of code and the only difference the client sees is the performance increase -
Or you could have moved the code to a faster server and spent the rest of the day playing quake on your mobileDoing the needful since 1827Comment
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View Postreplacing 2,500 lines of code with 50 lines of code and the only difference the client sees is the performance increaseWhat happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View Postreplacing 2,500 lines of code with 50 lines of code and the only difference the client sees is the performance increase
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View Postreplacing 2,500 lines of code with 50 lines of code and the only difference the client sees is the performance increasesufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)
there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman
everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostNo, satisfaction is replacing 50 lines of code with 2,500 lines of code and the only difference the client sees is an eye-watering invoice at the end of the month.
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostSomeone had done that before I started and there is no way I'm writing 250,000 lines of code
It's amazing how much code you can knock out with a bit of planning and a scripting languageBehold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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On most of my contracts I end up decommissioning more code than I write. It's a good job nobody measures productivity in kLoCs any more. (Did they ever? I've read about a dozen books that say it's a useless measure, and zero books that say it's a decent one.)Comment
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