Peter Hansen wrote: > Alex Martelli wrote: > >>One great programming principle is "Dont' Repeat Yourself": when you're >>having to express the same thing over and over, there IS something >>wrong. I believe the "DYR" phrasing is due to the so-called Pragmatic >>Programmers, who are paladins of Ruby, but I also believe it's a >>principle most experienced programmers could accept. > > > Shall we assume DYR == "Do You Ruby?" ? <wink> > No. it's the Forth equivalent of DRY: Don't yourself repeat.
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