Re:Keep it simple! (Score 1)

Cloning is bad practice indeed but it is true that some times we can't avoid it. For instance, when you have to do with extremely static code, probably produced for safety critical applications where dynamic arrays or any other dynamic memory allocation is prohibited (SPARK), you might end up with chunks of code which are used more than once. Then you are trying to make these chunks as "dynamic" as possible so you can use them again with no big effort. Maintenance, in such cases might not the highest priority. A satisfactory enough proof of correctness would be.