Why repeated code is a mistake

[mjd-perl-pm@plover.com]

In the 'Program Repair Shop' talk I gave last week, I said that one
reason why repeated code is a mistake is because if one of the
repeated sections has an error, your eye is likely to skip over it,
without noticing that it is different.

I made a really pretty slide about this that may amuse you:

        http://www.plover.com/~mjd/misc/flags/slide066.html

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