9 bad programming habits we secretly love | JavaWorld
More like this on IDG Answers Credit: Wikipedia Breaking the rules can bring a little thrill -- and produce better, more efficient code Email a friend From Sorry RELATED TOPICS We've all done it: snagged a cookie when mom wasn't looking, gone around Deadman's Curve a bit too fast. We've even let the car sit in a parking spot after the meter expires. Yes, we've all violated any number of the cardinal rules of programming, the ones that everyone agrees are bad. And we secretly liked it. We've thumbed our nose at the rules of good programming, typed out code that is totally bad -- and we've lived. There were no lightning bolts from the programming gods. Our desktops didn't explode. In fact, our code compiled and shipped, and the customers seemed happy enough. That's because bad programming isn't in the same league as, say, licking an electric fence or pulling the tail of a tiger. Most of the time, it works out. The rules are more often guidelines or stylistic suggestions,Read full article from 9 bad programming habits we secretly love | JavaWorld
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