The Evils of Cut and Paste
Its a given in programming that bad habits are hard to get rid off. Its also a given that when you try and go fast, and when you feel pressure bad habits re-surface.
Cut and paste programming may be the worst habit of all. Its so enticing, easy to do and so productive! At least that's how it appears, but really its a cancer, destroying the joy of programming and at the same time destroying your code.
Such strong words, can they be justified? Well lets have a closer look at cut and paste and see what it does