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On 2003-11-21, Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote:
>
><http://digilander.libero.it/chiediloapippo/Engineering/iarchitect/shame.htm>

And how has this to do with anything? There is crappy design all over
the place, but much of this has to do with the designers (or
programmers) not understanding the thinking of the user. If the
programmer is the user the result should be much better.

> People who pound nails don't necessarily know how to design a good hammer.

Perhaps not, but much more know how than a person who has never held a
hammer.


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"Saving keystrokes is the job of the text editor, not the programming
 language."