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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!pageworks.com!world!eff!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!apple!mumbo.apple.com!gallant.apple.com!NewsWatcher!user
  3. From: minow@apple.com (Martin Minow)
  4. Subject: Re: Fix a module or start fresh?
  5. Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
  6. Message-ID: <minow-260193072945@90.133.56.52>
  7. Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:31:35 GMT
  8. References: <1993Jan22.093623.128@taney.uscghq.uscg.mil>
  9. Organization: Macintosh Developer Services
  10. Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer
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  12.  
  13. In article <1993Jan22.093623.128@taney.uscghq.uscg.mil>,
  14. lederman@taney.uscghq.uscg.mil asked about a rule of thumb
  15. as to how much code to replace before you throw out the
  16. original and rewrite from scratch.
  17.  
  18. My rule of thumb is 25%, but I generally rewrite almost
  19. everything, if only to get all my source code into a
  20. consistent, coherent, format.  I.e., I can always
  21. find if statements because they are always "if (",
  22. never "if(".
  23.  
  24. Happy hacking.
  25.  
  26. Martin Minow
  27. minow@apple.com
  28.