Added Don't repeat yourself (DRY) principle to recommendations in HACKING.

2007-07-21 21:40:01 +00:00
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@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ Here are the highlights:
            y             = 2
            long_variable = 3

-Some more recommendations:
+Some more recommendations: 
+    * "Don’t repeat yourself (DRY). Every distinct concept and/or piece of 
+    data should live in one, and only one, place. Redundancy is bad. 
+    Normalization is good." (taken straight from django's Design philosophies)
    * Try to use iterators/generators where applicable. The simplest change from
    range to xrange is also good.
    * In UI and deluge code for consistency we use notion of speed not rate.