Quote about thinking of those who come after you.

Hi, I half remember a quote from way back along the lines of "When coding think about those who come after you, in case they do". I think it was from Tom Christiansen. Whenever I use it most people just look at me blankly, but that's perhaps part of the charm. Occasionally someone gets it. But after much searching, I can't find the original quote. Anyone got a link to it?

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Re: Quote about thinking of those who come after you. (violent psychopath) by LanX (Saint) on Oct 09, 2019 at 11:25 UTC
That one? “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.” Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice} PS: moved thread to Meditations	[reply]
Re^2: Quote about thinking of those who come after you. (violent psychopath) by sbutton (Novice) on Oct 14, 2019 at 09:47 UTC
The quote I remember (or don't) definitely had the part about someone "coming after you", which was the whole pun. It came from one of the Perl books, "Learning Perl" or "Programming Perl". It's strange that you mention the psychopath one, as that's what prompted me to think back the the "coming after you, in case they do".	[reply]
Re: Quote about thinking of those who come after you. by Anonymous Monk on Oct 25, 2019 at 12:43 UTC
Clarity is key. I've many times had the experience of puzzling out code that was written by a damned fool ... who just happened to be my former self. I had utterly no memory of what the hell I must have been thinking at the time.	[reply]
Re^2: Quote about thinking of those who come after you. by Anonymous Monk on Oct 25, 2019 at 14:46 UTC
Same fool, different day.	[reply]

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