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		<title>The Programmer&#8217;s Cardinal Sin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 04:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a programmer you should do yourself, and anyone else working with your code, a favor: stop using copy and paste. If there is a case where you need to use the exact same, or very similar, code in multiple places, that is a sign that you should be using a function, object, or other structure. I say this not for the sake of 'proper coding practices', but to save you and anyone else dealing with your code a massive headache. 
 
I admit that there have been cases where I have copied code (I was young! I <a href="http://tinsology.net/2009/05/the-programmers-cardinal-sin/">Read More</a>

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