http://cafe.elharo.com/software/less-is-more/ Longer than a blog; shorter than a book Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:55:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://cafe.elharo.com/software/less-is-more/#comment-623 George Bailey Thu, 18 May 2006 19:12:24 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/software/less-is-more/#comment-623 Pedantic: Tight rein, as in controlling a team of animals. And for pointless trivia, I was once ridiculed by a well known writer (not you, elh) when spelling this correctly. Pedantic: Tight rein, as in controlling a team of animals. And for pointless trivia, I was once ridiculed by a well known writer (not you, elh) when spelling this correctly.

]]> http://cafe.elharo.com/software/less-is-more/#comment-487 Paul Clapham Tue, 16 May 2006 20:39:16 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/software/less-is-more/#comment-487 The same thing happens at a lower level of detail, too. Often, when I see code posted on a forum with the complaint that it doesn't do what the poster wants it to do, I find that removing a half or two-thirds of the code and tweaking the rest fixes the problem. Code bloat starts at the bottom and works its way up. The same thing happens at a lower level of detail, too. Often, when I see code posted on a forum with the complaint that it doesn’t do what the poster wants it to do, I find that removing a half or two-thirds of the code and tweaking the rest fixes the problem. Code bloat starts at the bottom and works its way up.

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