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Quotes of the week

Posted Apr 23, 2009 20:30 UTC (Thu) by docwhat (subscriber, #40373)
In reply to: Quotes of the week by anton
Parent article: Quotes of the week

And don't get me started on the trainwreck that is autoconf/libtool.

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Quotes of the week

Posted Apr 24, 2009 17:04 UTC (Fri) by alfille (subscriber, #1631) [Link]

>> And don't get me started on the trainwreck that is autoconf/libtool.

Speaking of old crusty code that no one wants to touch. Unfortunately it's very much like debt -- hard to extricate yourself.

Debt

Posted Apr 29, 2009 21:52 UTC (Wed) by roelofs (subscriber, #2599) [Link]

Speaking of old crusty code that no one wants to touch. Unfortunately it's very much like debt -- hard to extricate yourself.

...which is precisely why one of the current buzz-phrases is technical debt.

Greg