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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:37:58 -0700
Subject: Re: [9fans] Maybe it is april fool's after all ...
From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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> the original point was that it doesn't matter whether you can
> see the source or not, the effect is the same - failure to deal
> with complexity results in an inability to simply compile a
> working programme on new hardware running the same O/S and have
> it work. instead, hacks are done and baggage is carried around
> to keep the old binary working.
>

it's even worse than that, because people learn from the bad code. We're
raising a whole generation of people who think awful stuff is how it's
done ...

ron