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Never do today...

2008-12-16 15:04:29.570592+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

QOTD:

Where the optimization phase is not premature, it will be mythical.

Via p1k3 wala:TechnicalIdeaLogging.

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#Comment Re: made: 2008-12-16 17:58:39.810523+00 by: other_todd

This is akin to our statement here that if you don't do the documentation as you go, there will never be any documentation.

#Comment Re: made: 2008-12-17 07:44:16.455212+00 by: meuon

Documentation is for people who can't read code. Which is why I stare at stuff I've written just days before and ask the question: how/why does this work?.

The difference between a snippet of interesting code worth nothing, and a substantial investment in intellectual property is the amount and relevance of supporting documentation.