>... It will be *much* easier to understand and adapt > the code than to rewrite it from scratch.
Seems like a good moment to link to an essay by Joel Spolsky on "Things you should never do" wherein he makes a strong argument Netscape made "the SINGLE WORST STRATEGIC MISTAKE that any software company can make: They decided to rewrite the code from scratch." [emphasis his] (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html) A good follow up is "Reading Code is Like Reading the Talmud" (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000053.html) -matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
