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by codeflo 1495 days ago
Some of the comments in that thread must come from people who are lucky enough to have never had to read or refactor any large, convoluted methods. Knowing that this particular bool flag isn’t being flipped thrice, 100 lines down, is a godsend.
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That is indeed a problem every once in a while. These people develop a framework and 3 languages. They do not built large systems.

But there are other groups at Microsoft which keep them on track with their real needs.