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in thread PBP: Code Layout

No matter how well he or she codes, I wouldn't want someone with that kind of attitude on my team.

Physician, heal thy self!

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
The "good enough" maybe good enough for the now, and perfection maybe unobtainable, but that should not preclude us from striving for perfection, when time, circumstance or desire allow.

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Re^6: PBP: Code Layout
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Oct 20, 2005 at 06:57 UTC

    There aren't many team sports that reward all but one player aiming for the same goal. This hypothetical coder's goal is apparently self-expression. My team's goal is to write good software and our coding guidelines are one way we've chosen to do that. Clearly something does not belong -- and I'm thinking it's the one person running the other direction, away from the rest of the team.

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