why copy and paste codes is dangerous

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Published on 2010-03-22T08:57:12Z Indexed on 2010/03/22 9:01 UTC
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sometimes, my boss will complain us why we need so long time to implement a feature, actually, the feature has been implemented in other AP before, you just need to copy and paste codes from there. The cost should be low. It's really a hard question, because copy and paste codes is not a easy thing from my point. Do you have any good reason to explain your boss who doesn't know technology?

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