If the code isn't broken, why fix it?...
Because there are two kinds of broken, "not working now" and "waiting in the bushes for you". Just because it works doesn't mean it isn't broken. It just means that you can't see how it is going to fail right when you need it the most.

One of my earliest big perl scripts was an ISP signup form. It wasn't broken at all until some jerk wanted a "$" in his friggin' login name. =) And then, it was horribly, horribly broke...

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honk() if $you->love(perl)

In reply to Re: Re: Re:(2501- further clarification) Implementing strict on shoddy code by extremely
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