in reply to Re: Danger, danger Will Robinson (documenting code)
in thread Danger, danger Will Robinson (documenting code)

Adele Goldberg, one of the principals behind Smalltalk and later founder of ParcPlace Systems, coined a term that covers copying chunks of code but neglecting to fix comments. She calls it "Rape and Paste Programming".

It's an expression that grabs your attention and forces you to stop and think.

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