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What!? Since when is functionality bad coding?
Am I understanding you correctly? Are you saying that a developer trying to add functionality to his web application is engaged in "bad coding?" Isn't that the whole point of software?
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RE: "Oh, really?"  ajapierce | 01/20/05
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A post from a typical user  Confused by religion | 01/20/05
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Spyware  julio_rodriguez_p | 01/20/05
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