I love it!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Jerald Sheets <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:questy@gmail.com">questy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br><div><div>On Nov 16, 2010, at 11:35 PM, <a href="mailto:wolf@wolfhalton.info" target="_blank">wolf@wolfhalton.info</a> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">
<div>...it seems to me that the most impact of obfuscated code <br><div class="im">
is brought upon the person who needs to maintain it.<br>
Especially if the original maintainer has moved on.</div></div></blockquote><br></div><div><br></div><div>I bring up the commentary of Damian Conway, the author of "Perl Best Practices" by O'reilly and Associates:</div>
<div><br></div><div><font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:13px"><b>"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live."</b></span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:13px"><b><br></b></span></font></font></div><div><br></div><div>Never were truer words of wisdom spoken...</div><div class="im"><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">#!/jerald<br>Linux User #183003</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Ubuntu User #32648<br><br>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----<br>Version: 3.1<br>GIT/MU d-@ s++(++)>+++:> a+ C++++(+++)$>++ UBLAVHSC++(on)$>++++ P++(+++)$>++++ L++(++++)$>+++ !E---(---)>--- W+(++)$>+++ N(+)$>++ !o !K-- w(--)>--- O()@> M++(++)$>++ V()>- PS+++()@>-- PE(++)@>+ Y+(+)@>+ PGP++(++)$>+++ t+(++)@>+++ 5(+)@>+ X+(++)@>+++ R+(+)@>++ tv-(+)$>++ b+++(++)$>++ DI++++(++)>+++ D++(++)@>++ G++(++)@>++ e++(++)$>++ h(-)$>- r+++(+++)@>+++ y+(+++)>++++@ <br>
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