Mike on Software: My favorite software activity
My favorite software activity is deleting code. Nothing makes me happier than removing complexity and cutting a function's length in half, all the while making it easier to understand.Maybe that activity is more precisely stated as making code simpler--boiling things down to their bare essentials. It's Newton coming up with "F=ma", it's Einstein deriving "E=mc^2". It's the best feeling I can have as an engineer.
Someday, I hope to write a very concise but very clear regular expression that runs the universe.
Labels: complexity, deleting code, mike on software, simplicity, software
posted by IvyMike @ 11/21/2006 09:03:00 PM
2 Comments:
While reworking your timeset packing script I deleted a bit of your code.
;)
In my defense, I told Anthony that code sucked when I gave it to him. :)
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