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edw519 on May 13, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: ALL code is ugly

I always thought that code is like babies' diapers.

I'll change my own. I'm so used to the smell, it don't even notice it anymore.

You change your own. It smells so bad my eyes are watering.

mmelin on May 13, 2010 [–]

And young people who have not had kids yet think that every diaper they come across needs changing.

Good analogy.

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