>>>>And taking a stand that says crappy code should be accepted will never advance the craft.
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>>>In practical terms, I always loved a crappy coder. If he was working for someone else, and sold an app to my future customer. Walking in over his dead body is always a pleasure, and the customer's satisfaction is the cherry on top. Ah, BTW, after all those years in the US I never bothered to ask: is that sweet or sour cherry?
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>>Traditionally maraschino, from your neck of the woods: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marasca_cherry
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>Maraska. Maraskino is the liqueur made from it - my mom loved it, and yup, we actually walked by the building where it was made, many times.
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>So where do you get all those millions of maraska cherries for so many cakes? Do they sell them by, ahem, eaches?

The Wiki article claims the cherries used in NA are sweet cherries, Royal Ann. Pretty typical of NA cuisine to sweeten everything beyond the original.