Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 Dec 2001 16:21:04 -0200 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Coding style - a non-issue |
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On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Ingo Oeser wrote: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 09:18:54AM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote: > > Biological selection does nothing except removing the weak > > ones, it cannot automatically create systems which work well. > > > > In short, I believe the biological selection is just that, > > selection. The creation of stuff will need some direction. > > Creation is as simple as: > > 1. If you encounter a problem, try to solve it. > 2. If you cannot solve it, mark/document/publish it and try to > work around it for now. > 3. If you cannot work around it, leave it to other people and > offer help. > > Which is pretty much what this list here is for ;-)
4. If the problem cannot be solved with a quick hack by one person, give up and switch to another OS.
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