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"Lack of clear specifications" is probably the worst part of having to implement something for someone else. Rarely they have a clear view of what they want, but that of course will not stop them from changing their targets and blaming the programmers if projects overrun their allowed budgets of time and money.

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A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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