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Voting is between you and your conscience. There are no other rules.

CountZero

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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Re^2: Down-vote Bad, Up-vote Good
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 03, 2009 at 21:01 UTC
    Voting is between you and your conscience. There are no other rules.

    Except the rules :)

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      Nope, they are not rules, they are guidelines.

      CountZero

      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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guidelines \guidelines\ n. hypen is changed from WN: adjust
   hier.
   a rule or set of rules giving guidance on how to behave in a
   situation.

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