We Are Morons: a quick look at the Win2k source
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/15/71552/7795
항상 내가 하던 짓이라 공감도 가고, 재미있기도 하고,
또한 감동적이기도 하다.
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In the struggle to meet deadlines, I think pretty much all programmers have put in comments they might later regret, including swearwords and acerbic comments about other code or requirements. Also, any conscientious coder will put in prominent comments warning others about the trickier parts of the code.
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From the comments, it also appears that most of the uglier hacks are due to compatibility issues: either backward-compatibility, hardware compatibility or issues caused by particular software. Microsoft's vast compatibility strengths have clearly come at a cost, both in developer-sweat and the elegance (and hence stability and maintainability) of the code.
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http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/15/71552/7795
항상 내가 하던 짓이라 공감도 가고, 재미있기도 하고,
또한 감동적이기도 하다.
--->8---
In the struggle to meet deadlines, I think pretty much all programmers have put in comments they might later regret, including swearwords and acerbic comments about other code or requirements. Also, any conscientious coder will put in prominent comments warning others about the trickier parts of the code.
--->8---
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From the comments, it also appears that most of the uglier hacks are due to compatibility issues: either backward-compatibility, hardware compatibility or issues caused by particular software. Microsoft's vast compatibility strengths have clearly come at a cost, both in developer-sweat and the elegance (and hence stability and maintainability) of the code.
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