Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Vir Campestris Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Which newsgroup for json parsing? Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 21:18:47 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 22:18:48 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1d399979cb0f33be59e2815eaf08c576"; logging-data="222415"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+U3VN9rRoGQdN9u3Al9RpqYDV8/YxWFiM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:AKic4ROtUr6PyeVR/T5m/CE/VPI= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 1926 On 27/05/2024 12:51, Josef Möllers wrote: > > In my 40+ years of experience in IT/programming (I graduated 1981 from a > Dutch polytechnic "HIO" in Computer Science and have retired in 2022) I > have learnt that "works fine" is only part of the work. Maintainability > should be added as well. Even if it is code written for one's personal > use only, it may need some work later and then it's crucial to have it > maintainable. > > But maybe you think so too, I agree completely. I learned my lesson a a student with a personal project which I left for 6 months. When I came back to it I had to comment it before I could carry on. (and I'm even older than you, although not by much) Andy