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Good taste cannot be reduced to simple rules. Hence, some authors who make a virtue of avoiding adjectives produce great works. Others who make a virtue of using copious adjectives also produce great work. The point is that whatever their style they have something other than a rule. They have great taste...

So it is with programming. There are all manner of prophets who preach OO programming, functional programming, TDD, Agile, Design Patterns, type-safety, pair programming, kanban, etc, ad nauseum.

The truth is that great programming, like great literature, depends on developing great taste. Only then will you deploy whatever tools you choose like a master.




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