H. Alan Stevens

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Lazy Programmers

I’ve long said that all programmers are lazy.  There are
two kinds of lazy, though.  Good lazy is when a
programmer has to do something twice, she stops to automate the
process, so she won’t be bothered by this rote task again.  Bad
lazy is when a programmer uses “clipboard inheritance”, mindlessly copy
and pasting code, and not stepping back long enough to find a better
solution, much less the “best” solution.

This was brought to mind again by a post by Phillip Lensen (via Foxpro.catalyst):

Why Good Programmers Are Lazy and Dumb

I hadn’t considered the dumb part, but I do look for a drive to
constantly investigate and learn when evaluating a job candidate. 
Phillip makes some interesting points.

++Alan

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