Brutal But Honest: A Developer’s Code?
I wish I knew the original source for this quote. Anyone?
Duplicate code is the root of all evil in software design. When a system is littered with many snippets of indentical, or nearly identical code, it is indicative of sloppiness, carelessness, and sheer unprofessionalism. It is the guilt-edged responsibility of all software developers to root out and eliminate duplication whenever they find it.