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From: "Robert Martin" <rmartin@oma.com>
Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops)
Date: 1998/09/03
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Phil Goodwin wrote in message <6smrvi$86c$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>
>The message that I'm interested in conveying is not that the rule is bad
and
>should be thrown out, but rather that it shouldn't be rigidly applied in
every
>circumstance. Knowing why the rule exists at all and what benefit following
it
>confers is IMHO far more important than always following it to the letter
>because it's a Good Thing.


Then we are in agreement.