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From: scampi@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/05/14
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Jonathan Guthrie <jguthrie@brokersys.com> wrote:
: Programs should follow the "law of least astonishment." That is, programs
: should behave in the manner that astonishes the user the least.  That
: doesn't say anything about the user.

Of course it does. What will astonish the user depends necessarily on his
expectations. If that doesn't say anything about the user, what does?

-- Mat.