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		nih on May 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is “Hiring only the Best” a really Practical Advic... Smart people don't write perfect code either (this is obviously relative to program size and complexity), no one does :-(

leftnode on May 2, 2011 [–]

Sure, you're right. I'm sorry if I implied smart people write perfect code, they don't either, but I'll prefer their code.

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