Royal Pain

[Henry Spencer]

On Sat, 19 Jun 2004, Terrence Enger wrote:
> > Worse, the specifications will inevitably change when the prototypes start
> > running...
> 
> Granted.  But let's not be too negative about all this: life is messy,
> and who lives may learn.

True, but as Peter has noted, when something is this predictable, you want
that to affect the way you do things.  The whole point of *learning* is
that you don't keep on doing things in a clearly unproductive way when
there are alternatives. 

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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