[Lazamataz]

Sometimes quirks should be eliminated, no accomodated.

Of course! Yet sometimes code is so incredibly outdated (like your wife's COBOL code) that it doesn't make sense. Still, I certainly agree. Quirks are, to my eye, bugs by another name.

[TexasGator]

“(like your wife’s COBOL code)”

Not my ex’s. She was hired to update their system as needed and fix a few bugs by a guy that knew nothing about programming.

Neither did my ex.

She bought a book on COBOL and impressed him in the interview.