> what we in the old days called "rewriting", before the hipsters made it cool
Calling it refactoring dates back to at least the early 90s[1], which I'm pretty sure predates "hipster hackers." If anyone "made it cool" it was probably Martin Fowler[2].
Calling it refactoring dates back to at least the early 90s[1], which I'm pretty sure predates "hipster hackers." If anyone "made it cool" it was probably Martin Fowler[2].
[1] http://www.ai.univ-paris8.fr/~lysop/opdyke-thesis.pdf
[2] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201485672