[IGSTK-Developers] How To Write Unmaintainable Code

[Kevin Gary]

Well, while we are on a humor kick, check out the attached
relevant wisdom...


Luis Ibanez wrote:
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>   http://thc.org/root/phun/unmaintain.html
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>> 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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Kevin A. Gary, Ph.D.
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