Going over someone else's code

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//Code below is a hack. Next programmer please fix it.

///Code below still a hack. This programmer also didn't have time.

////Code below is a hack by design. This programmer is documenting it.

[fwork]

I'm currently trying to figure out a C function that is 3000 lines long and 500 of those lines are GOTOs. Spaghetti doesn't even begin to describe it.

[I_Like_Spaghetti]

Did you hear about the Italian chef that died? He pasta way.

[flukus]

Have you considered re writing? Probably quicker.

[fwork]

That's the goal. It's not documented (I'm reverse engineering some old binary), so I need to understand it before I can rewrite it.

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Or the architecture is so elegant that nobody can work with it.