A Programming Koan

[jducoeur]

The mark of the Master is that any Idiot can maintain his code. The mark of an Idiot is that only a Master can do so. Attend this lesson, my son, and be enlightened.

Comments

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I think I've been privy to what happens when Idiots maintain Idiot code... :-/

[cellio]

I had the same thought. But I do like the koan!

[vortexofchaos.livejournal.com]

I thought that the Mark of the Master was the indentation left by the Clue-by-Four upside the Idiot's head, after too many hours trying to maintain the Idiot's code.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess that means I've been both an idiot and a master. Sometimes in the same project. :-)