On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Bong Munoz wrote: > > But there is no such thing. Every little piece of code that you > > write today you can cut portions of and reuse in another > > application tomorrow. Code that is not worth reusing is not worth > > writing in the first place. > > Cut-and-paste reuse is better than nothing, I suppose, but that doesn't > feel very elegant. I do reuse a lot of design ideas, though, if not the > exact implementation. I find writing reusable code enjoyable if > difficult. Interface design, to paraphrase Stroustrup, is a combination > of experience, intelligence, and taste.
Are we talking of reusing code or reusing algorithms? Code reusability is nice, but with so many copyrights infringements on codes, let's go for algo reuse. Besides, are programmers paid by line of code generated, time consumed or for his brilliance and elegances in coding? -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
