ECN Forum Forums Code Related Discussion NEC & other Code issues Has the NEC lost focus?

We used to be able to run romex a bit closer to the edge of the studs, remember? Sort of parallel method. Then stackers got invented. Then the code got changed. I lost faith way back then. How about when smurf tube got invented. Seems like it got accepted pretty darn quick. Carlon must have hosted some really good parties.