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Subject: Re: [9fans] samuel
From: Geoff Collyer <geoff@collyer.net>
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 16:04:28 -0800
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Assigned gotos, COBOL "alter" verbs, writing large programs in
assembler, self-modifying code, and many other things in this young
field are bad ideas, but they aren't archaic, even if they are
wretched mistakes.  Old != bad, and New != good; quality and age are
largely unrelated, though with luck we learn things with experience.