OMG, a Slashdot thread that doesn't whine about Microsoft and that's pretty interesting (to me): Any "Pretty" Code Out There?

Back in 2000, I believe, I was working in the Exchange source code to add a thin-client browser-based rendering of NetDocs views. Sort of like OWA. The main piece of code I worked on, the DAV front-end, was a beautiful piece of programming. Elegant. Consistent. Clear.

If you understood how one verb handler worked, you understood everything else you needed. It was fractal in its simplicity. Design patterns in action.

Since then, I've always wanted to collect "Studies in Great Code" as a way to have a high standard to hold myself against. As much as I can, I check out what comes from the Slashdot thread.