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"A formatter at hand where you are 100% sure it does not break anything" - When have you ever run into a piece of code that you were, honestly, 100% sure would never break?

Zibbobz
– Zibbobz

2017-04-12 13:29:10 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2017 at 13:29
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@Zibbobz: any of the tools we are using to edit code, to compile and link it, and also the VCS, can have bugs, still that does not stop us trying to develop working programs ;-) But see my edit.

Doc Brown
– Doc Brown

2017-04-12 14:07:17 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2017 at 14:07
I do approve of the edit - if only because an extra ounce of caution is worth a pound of debugging. ;)

Zibbobz
– Zibbobz

2017-04-12 14:15:57 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2017 at 14:15
@Zibbobz Quite often! Note that being 100% sure of something doesn't mean it has a 100% chance of being true.

Stack Exchange Broke The Law
– Stack Exchange Broke The Law

2017-04-15 11:45:51 +00:00
Commented Apr 15, 2017 at 11:45
@immibis: you may have missed that the comment referred to a sentence I removed from my answer some days ago.

Doc Brown
– Doc Brown

2017-04-15 13:07:23 +00:00
Commented Apr 15, 2017 at 13:07

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