Hi Jim

>And that's probably correct IF the code REALLY needs refactoring. Going through changing 5-line IFs to IIFs or whatever, and things like that, would otherwise be wasted/dangerous. In other words, refactoring just for the sake of making code read the way *I* like it is not a good idea.
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Once again, I heartily agree. But I have to ask, IMO engineering incorporates standards to prevent the need to refactor a collapsed bridge, why are all programmers not reducing huge chunks of code to collections of small reusable pieces, or using design patterns?