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Date: Tue,  5 Feb 2002 17:39:50 +0100
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Russ Cox wrote:
> As for why, there certainly exists a small class of programmers
> that actively believes writing complex programs is
> just macho.

Bad programmers build complex stuff because they can and they get
away with it most of the time, until it all comes crashing down.