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I'm not naive enough to believe there is a perfect or faultless approach. I'm looking more for a way of how to be more self-aware and better equipped to avoid/correct bad tendencies.

Agi Hammerthief
– Agi Hammerthief

2015-02-09 21:39:37 +00:00
Commented Feb 9, 2015 at 21:39
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@AgiHammerthief you asked for a surefire/proven way to simplify code. There are no sure things, no perfect guaranteed way to simplify code. If there was you'd just apply it ad nauseum and all code would be reduced to it's most concise form.... Clearly there can be no such thing.

Jimmy Hoffa
– Jimmy Hoffa

2015-02-09 22:00:17 +00:00
Commented Feb 9, 2015 at 22:00

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