On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 08:58:11AM +0300, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote: > > Once you've done that you can add "Refactoring" to the list of > > buzzwords on your resume. :) > > I think installhtml teeters heavily on the brink of "Rewriting" > instead of "Refactoring". It hasn't changed much since 1997.
Refactoring is just rewriting in small pieces. By doing it in small pieces, you have a much better chance of succeeding and of staying backwards compatible. If nothing else, a good scrubbing out will leave it in a sane state so someone can fathom it more easily to do a rewrite. -- Michael G. Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl6 Quality Assurance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kwalitee Is Job One They just don't make any good porn music anymore, do they? - WXDX DJ refering to "More, More, More"
