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When asked his whereabouts on Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 05:46:32PM -0400,
Richard Kreiss took the fifth, drank it, and then slurred:
> 
> At this point in time, the programming works and I really don't have the
> time to see what is clearing the browse without a clearb.

Translation:

``I have no idea why my code "works", but it seems to present the desired
behaviour right now against a limited test data set, so I'll just assume
it's fine because I'm in a hurry and can't be arsed to make the effort to
learn -why- it does what it does.  But in the future when that lack of
knowledge bites me in the rear, I'll pay for today's impatience in time and
money.''

That's not a personal attack.  That's a general interpretation.  I've heard
this swan song before--usually about 3-6 months before someone blows $3-10k
tracking down a problem that's not fresh in anyone's mind by that point and
requires half a week or more of analysis, but which could have been fixed
with about 2hrs more persistence by the programmer at development time.

Usually, when you don't know -why- something does what it does, or doesn't
do what it should, there's an issue that will come back to bite you.  No
code should ever go into production without -knowing- exactly why it works
the way it does, IMNSHO.

YMMV.

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