I am an OpenEdge (aka Progress) developer that loves clean code and good looking applications that are easy to use. My main pet project is the Progress DataDigger
In your example, I believe that when you encounter 16 copies of a snippet, it is fair to say that you did a good job of bringing them together. The point of the article linked is that you need to take good care in deciding if two identical pieces of code really /mean/ the same thing.
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Yes, I could, but this post from @xtrasmal does it best. The article that is linked to is well worth reading.
Just wanted to leave this here for people who are interested.
"DRY is about Knowledge, Code duplication is not the issue."
verraes.net/2014/08/dry-is-about-k...
In your example, I believe that when you encounter 16 copies of a snippet, it is fair to say that you did a good job of bringing them together. The point of the article linked is that you need to take good care in deciding if two identical pieces of code really /mean/ the same thing.