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"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live."

[Source](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.lang.c++/rYCO5yn4...)




I don't know why, but I'm still consistently surprised that we have the ability to link to the obscure sources of well-known quotes from 24+ years ago.


xkcd had one about, write as if the only thing between somebody trying to understand your code, and hot sweaty sex, is you.




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