Boy Scout Rule

Leave the campground cleaner than you found it.

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Leave the code cleaner than you found it.

Clean up code as you go and develop more code.

If you don't you will find yourself in a mess shortly (much more likely than for camping sites).

See also BrokenWindow.


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