Two more quotes about this subject:<p>Jeff Atwood: “the best code is no code at all. Every new line of code you willingly bring into the world is code that has to be debugged, code that has to be read and understood, code that has to be supported. Every time you write new code, you should do so reluctantly, under duress, because you completely exhausted all your other options.”<p>Robert Galanakis: “The fastest code is the code which does not run. The code easiest to maintain is the code that was never written.”