XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 02/01/2026 03:14, Peter Flass wrote:   
   >>   
   >> BTW: It is normal and common for programmers to want to   
   >> rewrite/write from scratch instead of understanding and   
   >> improving existing code.  But in most cases working on   
   >> existing code leads to better effect.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Exactly my experience.   
      
   Not mine. In this case the code simply did not work at all.   
      
   It wasn't a case of a 'few bugs' it was a case of 'complete redesign   
   needed in a weekend'   
      
   And I could program much faster in C.   
      
      
   --   
   "And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch".   
      
   Gospel of St. Mathew 15:14   
      
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