Quote: refactoring takes time and may require throwing out perfectly good code; used for new requirements under extreme programming

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What happens when a requirement comes along that … [extreme programming] says that the software should be refactored. … However, refractoring, itself, is painful [ref]. It means … a new architecture. Furthermore, it may mean throwing … which is very painful to the authors [footnote] Remember that it's pair programming. [body] of the code that …   Google-1   Google-2

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