Re: Refactoring history and progress

Ron Jeffries <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.programming.refactoring
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello, Richard.  On Thursday, December 17, 2009, at 9:18:05 PM,
you wrote:

> IMO, refactoring as a process/technique is as old as programming itself,
> even if it wasn't called "refactoring" at the time.

I don't recall that. We did change our programs, often in small
steps, but I don't recall the study of reversible
behavior-preserving transformations.

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
www.xprogramming.com/blog
Analysis kills spontaneity.
The grain once ground into flour germinates no more. --  Henri Amiel



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