From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-02-24T12:26:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Monkeypatching is Destroying Ruby

Morton Goldberg wrote:
> On Feb 23, 2008, at 6:56 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> 
>> One of my friends once passed this little quotation on to me:
>>
>> "Always code as if the person who will maintain your code is a violent 
>> psychopath who knows where you live."
> 
> 
> Truly wonderful. If there were a poster of that available, I'd buy it 
> and hang it where I could see it when I look up from my screen.
> 
> You didn't make an attribution, so I presume you don't know who 
> originated it. Too bad.
> 
> Regards, Morton
> 
> 
Right -- I don't know who originated it, but I'm guessing you could find 
some guesses on Wikipedia. :)

I do know that Gerry Weinberg is the originator of "If we built our 
buildings the same way we build software, the first woodpecker that came 
along would destroy civilization."