From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C687A2689F for ; Mon, 20 May 2024 20:39:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3915043B43; Tue, 21 May 2024 04:38:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (pb-smtp21.pobox.com [173.228.157.53]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0D6CC43B42 for ; Tue, 21 May 2024 04:38:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 756F02837E for ; Mon, 20 May 2024 14:38:10 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ylee@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h= mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id :date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references; s=sasl; bh=CNvC4bB JNT1qZCazBRubi6V082GycuTxb3mnQ2npKv0=; b=cDm76MEUUrp1ZZc7h9PIGzK Qt2WcYUKqaEvR7dPl0JXZcr6CwqvQiuq1FTwdD8NFEW6cdnj7GkTgZTgS+i7V3R2 1t2ttadlwFXUzMzsy3hJY2oad7IwcKgCuRK+iuacHORJHFA5VM2XkPuLHTVBoGAz BvU19hNx4zRWJxAe4Q0s= Received: from pb-smtp21.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EC362837D for ; Mon, 20 May 2024 14:38:10 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ylee@pobox.com) Received: from dobie-old.ylee.org (unknown [135.180.187.46]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DE9972837B for ; Mon, 20 May 2024 14:38:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ylee@pobox.com) Received: by dobie-old.ylee.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 643BC2380B0; Mon, 20 May 2024 11:38:06 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <26187.39054.137077.761468@dobie-old.ylee.org> Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 11:38:06 -0700 From: Yeechang Lee To: tuhs@tuhs.org In-Reply-To: References: <20240518203319.3oAKtOSk@steffen%sdaoden.eu> X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 23.2.1 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 1A26D0A0-16D8-11EF-9339-A19503B9AAD1-11431884!pb-smtp21.pobox.com Message-ID-Hash: 6LN475T7FTQRWXNVJAA5OZAYIAUULNLD X-Message-ID-Hash: 6LN475T7FTQRWXNVJAA5OZAYIAUULNLD X-MailFrom: ylee@pobox.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Documentation (was On Bloat and the Idea of Small Specialized Tools) List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Paul Winalski says: > Sometimes in the process of doing that youd stop and think, "wait a > minute--we don't really want it doing that".=A0 Or you'd find that yo= u > bhad difficulty articulating exactly how a particular feature > behaves.=A0 That's a red flag that you've designed the feature to be > too obscure and complex, or that there's something flat-out wrong > with it. My understanding is that an unexpected result of the requirement to dra= ft all federal laws in Canada in both English and French is something s= imilar: The discussion process ensuring that a bill's meaning is identi= cal in both languages helps rid the text of ambiguities and errors rega= rdless of language.