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Comic #687

1 Shakespeare: {at Mercutio's desk} Mercutio, do you have a minute?
2 Mercutio: Just a second, Will. I'm refactoring some of my code.
3 Shakespeare: What does that mean?
4 Mercutio: It means I'm rewriting it the way it should have been written in the first place, but it sounds cooler.

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Refactoring is a process used in computer programming, wherein the structure of the code is changed to improve its readability, maintainability, and extensibility without changing what it actually does.

Having been a programmer, I know this is indeed an important and useful step in software development. I just think the neospeak name for it is used too much as a cool-sounding buzzword.

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