Programming as Theory Building by Peter Naur
Feeling of Computing
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Rewrites Are Always Bad, Right?
An hour wants to say, no, they might not be that there's actually criteria for when a rewrite is bad. A rewrite is bad if there's anybody who still has the theory. If you can't make those modifications, then consider a rewrite. But he also gives us some like, I guess, management advice where he says, like, similar problems to revival can happen if there's just this revolving door of different programmers coming in and out.
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