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Re: Groups.io site updates #changelog

 

Shal,
In DON we tried to devise fool-proof (or sailor-proof) plan, but in our management systems we found that
the only systems that had problems were those run by the computer system experts...

KEN

"It has always seemed strange to me," said Doc. "The things we admire in
men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling
are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest,
sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are
the traits of success." STEINBECK - CANNERY ROW

On 2018-02-17 17:44, Shal Farley wrote:
Don,

Or are updates a never ending thing?
There's an old saying in computer science to the effect that the only
complete and error-free program is one that nobody uses.
The observation is that any software that is in regular use ends up
being used for things the author never anticipated - and so unexpected
behaviors ("bug reports") and new requirements ("feature requests")
are endlessly generated. I wish I could dig up the source on that one.
Then there's this gem:
"There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one
works."
Alan Perlis, "Epigrams on Programming"
Back in the late seventies I took a class on programming in APL from
Dr. Perlis. The quote is very much apt of his humor.
Shal
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