Quote:
|
Originally Posted by ZogDog
Another thing, fist I know jack when it comes to major software code, OSX is based off of NeXT and/or Unix/BSD.
This implies... better code?
|
Yes I think it does!
When you are going out to dig up the garden you wear your old clothes - no one is really going to see your ass hanging out the ripped back pocket.
However, when you go out on the pull you put on your best threads!
I think the same applies to code. If you are writing it "in-house" then you will probably use slightly messy and probably less efficient code. If you are writing it for something open-source, where some of the best programming minds in the world can examine it, then you are gonna spend that little bit extra time neatening it up and optimising it.
Not to mention that a couple of million bug spotters are always gonna be better than a couple of hundred or thousand!