On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Roelof Wobben <[email protected]> wrote:
> If I understand it right the principle is the same as the DRY method DRY is a meta principle: the reduction of redundancy (or: repetition) is the driving force behind many patterns and refactoring approaches. Identifying common behavior and finding proper abstractions for it is one of the core tasks in software engineering - if not the single most important task we do. It gives you - reduced code size - less errors during maintenance (if the same code appears n times, you will have to fix a bug or implement an extension of the functionality in n locations and can easily forget one). - sometimes increased complexity Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ruby-talk-google 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 https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ruby-talk-google?hl=en
