Attribution: “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will b...

kps on June 7, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer

Attribution: “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.” — John F Woods, 1991 in comp.lang.c++¹

(I do not know who first replied, ‘I do know where I live.’)

¹ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.lang.c++/rYCO5yn4...