> "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> wrote in message
> news:is56j3-pni.ln1@paranoia.mcleod-schmidt.id.au...
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>>Well, I _have_ been coding since before the IBM-PC existed, and if you
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> Well I've been coding since the punch cards time and if i have learned
> something that is that:
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> 1) you CAN'T create perfect software.
You can - but it's only perfect for _you_!
> 2) The more complexity, the less the perfection
But complexity EQ perfection!!! ;->'
> 3) Merging code from different ources is always a mess.
Only if you have a lousy editor!
>>use more than three sources it's research, not theft.
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> if MS does this , then people say their are thiefs, don't they? ;-) Or does
> the "thief" word is kind of selective?
No, the word "research" is out of place in relation to MS. :->
Cheers,
Gary B-)
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