The salient idea of this phrase is that if ain't broke then by definition you *can't* fix it. The only change possible from "not broke" is to "broke". Then of course you can fix it.

When looked at that way one gets a wholly new perspective to older code.

Francis Lapeyre wrote:
..., as I like to say, "Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere"
(if it ain't broke, don't fix it).

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