Progression of feelings about meta-programming.
- Scary and Bad: People are wary of meta-programming and don’t use it much
- Scary and Good: people begin to see the value of meta-programming but are still uncomfortable with using it.
- Easy and Good: as people get comfortable they begin to use it too much, which can complicate the code-base.
- Easy and Bad: people are wary of meta-programming and realize that it’s very useful in small doses.
(From a longer article by Martin Fowler examining the use of Ruby at Thoughtworks.)
