[IGSTK-Developers] How To Write Unmaintainable Code

Luis Ibanez luis.ibanez at kitware.com
Tue Nov 22 13:07:13 EST 2005



   http://thc.org/root/phun/unmaintain.html



> Introduction
> 
> "Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence."
>  - Napoleon
> 
> In the interests of creating employment opportunities in the Java
> programming field, I am passing on these tips from the masters on how
> to write code that is so difficult to maintain, that the people who
> come after you will take years to make even the simplest changes.
> Further, if you follow all these rules religiously, you will even
> guarantee yourself a lifetime of employment, since no one but you has
> a hope in hell of maintaining the code. Then again, if you followed
> all these rules religiously, even you wouldn't be able to maintain
> the code!
> 
> You don't want to overdo this. Your code should not look hopelessly
> unmaintainable, just be that way. Otherwise it stands the risk of
> being rewritten or refactored.





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