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How to rewrite software--and when not to.

Even knowing these rules, I broke one of the them. One you shouldn't ever break: don't rewrite your code from scratch.

Published in:Computers in Libraries Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 19 - 22
Main Author: Chudnov D
Format: Journal Article
Published: Information Today Inc. Mar2009
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