On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Matt Wilkie <[email protected]> wrote: >>... 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)
Thanks for the article. Btw, many parts of Leo have been rewritten, some several times. Just not the whole thing at once :-) > > A good follow up is "Reading Code is Like Reading the Talmud" > (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000053.html) I loved the first article. The second, not so much. Indeed, reading code is the *worst* way to understand code. Executing code is far easier than either reading code or writing it, and it's much more informative. g.trace is your friend. Edward -- 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.
