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   rbowman to All   
   Re: naughty useless code (was Re: naught   
   11 Jan 26 00:02:22   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:52:12 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:39:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >   
   >> I like to be a little more explicit, so I say "#ifdef DELETE_THIS".   
   >   
   > We have version control nowadays. You can actually delete stuff from   
   > your source, and trust to the version history to keep a record of what   
   > used to be there.   
      
   It's getting hard to cover your tracks. We used Subversion and 'svn blame'   
   was useful.  If you were more polite you could use 'svn praise'.   
      
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