From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/29/2025 2:51 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-29, Dan Cross  wrote:   
   >> Which again, comes back to what I think is _actually_ the   
   >> interesting question: who do we write these programs for?   
   >   
   > You write them for the people who come after you who have to   
   > maintain and extend them. People who have a good understanding   
   > of the language but may have your level of expertise/knowledge/skills.   
   >   
   > You write them for the people who understand most of the algorithms   
   > involved, but maybe not at the level you do.   
   >   
   > You also write them for yourself a couple of years from now and who   
   > is now looking at this code written a couple of years ago and is now   
   > wondering which &*%&^% idiot wrote this code like this in the first   
   > place :-)   
      
   There is an old joke that goes something like this:   
      
   "5 years ago when I wrote this code only God and myself   
   understood how it worked. Now only God understands it."   
      
   :-)   
      
   Arne   
      
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