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From: Lee Willis <lee@multigen.com>
Subject: Re: Worse is better, was: Language marketing question
Date: 1997/02/11
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Donald M. MacQueen wrote:
> Bob Haugen wrote:
> > Piercarlo Grandi wrote:
> > > Richard Gabriel has written a classic "Worse is Better" paper on all
> > > this, which discusses some of the issues (even if I really disagree with
> > > some of the analysis and most importantly with the recommendations).

> Is this paper available on the Web?

http://rembrandt.erols.com/mon/SoftwareEngineering/WorseIsBetter.html

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