Does Visual Studio Rot the Mind?

Submitted by vlado on Mon, 2006-07-03 15:14. |

This talk dissects the code generated by Visual Studio; analyzes the appalling programming practices it perpetuates; rhapsodizes about the joys, frustrations, and satisfactions of unassisted coding;
Does visual studio rot the mind

Nice. I like that article, not so much because it slags a Redmond born product, but that it goes to the core - bring back fun, in all it's forms, into programming. Just say no to ugly code.

I really want elegant code back. Unfortunately there is too much of the quick fix hack smartly generated crap bloat.

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