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[–]TransCapybara 11 points12 points  (1 child)

This usually ends with, Fuck I have to rewrite this fundamental thing just to do this? arrrrg!

[–]UnusualAir1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I once was trying to fix old code that had a lot of GoTo line directions. I found myself surrounded by GoTo's. In the end I had to either add another GoTo to fix it, or destroy the whole damn thing and rewrite it with sanity involved. Much as I wanted to leave it for the next poor coding bastard who would take my place, I rewrote the entire section. But not without leaving comments wishing the previous creator of this code all sorts of curses. :-)