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Date: Mon,  8 Mar 2010 11:31:22 +0200
From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
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>> Thing is, It's autoconf that needs careful
>> redesign
>
> s/redesign/annihilation/

Yes, but even if everybody were to switch to Linux/386 as the only
available platform, there would remain a niche for something like
autoconf, programmers just don't change habits very quickly.  The
trick is to make sure the next instance isn't as monstrous, knowing
that normally the next generation is more monstrous than the previous
one.

Nice thing is, annihilation does not have to be "careful" :-)

++L