Delete all the code you can

Every line of code written comes at a price: maintenance. To avoid paying for a lot of code, we build reusable software. The problem with code re-use is that it gets in the way of changing your mind later on.

Also, welcome to my new code collection. 

Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend.
“ “Every line of code is written without reason, maintained out of weakness, and deleted by chance” Jean-Paul Sartre’s Programming in ANSI C.

Every line of code written comes at a price:…

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