random quote - "Do not seek to change what has come before. Seek to create that which has not." - David Airey - devRant

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ddit

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This translates to:
"Do not try to improve a program. Make a new one from scratch."

Which means we will only have 1 version of any program. Windows comes out, there is a bug, rewrite the whole thing.
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ddit

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P.S. this does not mean this quote doesn't have any truth (as it can be applicable to certain scenarios) but it does mean dont try to apply it to everything.
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nano99

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Change is always part of creation. I'm not sure we ever got good software (or anything else for that matter) from people who don't make revisions and update their stuff
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MrHadiSatrio

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5y

I think this fits well in the context of software refactoring. Sometimes cleaning up existing code just isn't practical.

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