This is why most coders are far more efficient rewriting something from scratch than they are modifying other people's code. Regards, Nish Website: www.voidnish.com Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

That's why I'm planning on starting my own software shop where devs are the most important asset (a la Spolsky), I'm sick & tired of working 100 hour-weeks 3 months straight, and getting paid no overtime, not even a pat on the back. Fuck that.

Yes, somebody changed the economics of programming (I've been programming for 42 years.) Allowing programmers to have fun has become too expensive because the 'market' has become sensitive only to the lowest price. We have only ourselves to blame for this because we all search for the lowest price on just about everything. This is why customer service had gone into the toilet and why being a programmer isn't much fun any more. Do what I did: retire and let them all go to H***! (except cave 76) The last bit is for the old-timers.