Timeline for while(true) and loop-breaking - anti-pattern?
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| Jun 10, 2018 at 1:18 | history | edited | Deduplicator | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 1, 2012 at 0:37 | comment | added | RalphChapin | I think its a possibility to consider, anyway. I certainly wouldn't want to offer any guarantees. It does make me feel better to think that my brass-polishing improved my skills, so I may be prejudiced on this point. | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 19:20 | comment | added | Pat | Well I can't call you wrong :-) This is an opinion question and if good skills came out of the brass-polishing: great. | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 17:53 | comment | added | RalphChapin | I think perfectionist, brass-polishing instincts save time in the long run. Hopefully, with practice, you develop such habits so your code is perfect and its brass polished without consuming a lot of time. But unlike physical construction, software can last forever and be used in an infinite number of places. The savings from code that's even 0.00000001% faster, more reliable, usable, and maintainable can be large. (Of course, most of my much-polished code is in languages long obsolete or making money for someone else these days, but it did help me develop good habits.) | |
| Mar 29, 2012 at 19:55 | history | answered | Pat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |