in reply to Re: Maxims for Programmers
in thread Maxims for Programmers

Good programmers will steer clear of mudball maintenance jobs given any choice at all..

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re: Re: Re: Maxims for Programmers
by chromatic (Archbishop) on May 19, 2002 at 04:53 UTC
    Great programmers can turn the big ball of mud into something maintainable. (Though it does take good management to run interference...)
Re(3): Maxims for Programmers
by cjf (Parson) on May 18, 2002 at 22:05 UTC

    Ah, I see now...

    "Good programmers" eq "Unemployed programmers" ;-)

    Update: Big Ball of Mud related node linkage - Failure To Refactor.

      As I said, "if at all possible". See my sig also..

      Makeshifts last the longest.