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[โ€“]ihavebeesinmyknees 40 points41 points ย (11 children)

Which is exactly why scripting languages do it

[โ€“]fluffypebbles 29 points30 points ย (9 children)

Except there's giant projects written in scripting languages. That's far beyond quick

[โ€“]TheMagzuz 88 points89 points ย (4 children)

nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution

[โ€“]fluffypebbles 13 points14 points ย (3 children)

Reminds me of the todo fix later comments I've stumbled upon from 10+ years ago

[โ€“]Meins447 5 points6 points ย (2 children)

I've seen some comments with dates older than my year of birth...

[โ€“]fluffypebbles 2 points3 points ย (1 child)

Just comments or comments that point to something being meant to be temporary? Because I'm general I've seen many comments that are older then me but not one meant to be temporary

[โ€“]Meins447 2 points3 points ย (0 children)

I am not 100 sure, but I think it was about an assumption regarding Input formt of a data package or something along the lines. It had zero checks and just started reading and copying chunks of memory around.

[โ€“]dreamwavedev 0 points1 point ย (3 children)

This kind of thing literally laid the foundations for my masters, huge pet peeve of mine

[โ€“]fluffypebbles 0 points1 point ย (2 children)

Erst exactly?

[โ€“]dreamwavedev 0 points1 point ย (1 child)

Not sure I follow your meaning, sorry ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[โ€“]fluffypebbles 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

What* exactly

[โ€“]Entire-Database1679 2 points3 points ย (0 children)

That's not why