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Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 01:17:06 +0200
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Le Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:21:58 +0200, Robert A Duff  =

<bobduff@shell01.theworld.com> a =C3=A9crit:

> "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:
>
>> I bet you didn't expect everyone to semi-seriously answer those  =

>> questions!
>
> ;-)
>
>> The truth is, history suggests that lousy solutions end up more  =

>> successful
>> than truly well-designed solutions.
>
> It seems that way.  But not always.
>
> Look to an area that's a bit more mature than computer software.
> For example, cars today are a LOT safer than they were in 1964,
> and they last longer, too.  I think there's hope for improvement
> in the software industry.
>

There is a difference however: most people are OK to give something away=
  =

for a safer car, not for a software. And it's unlikely to change in the =
 =

near future.


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=E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1]
=E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.=
=E2=80=9D [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers=
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