Randy Kramer wrote: >shane wrote: > > >>On Saturday 13 July 2002 08:08 am, robin did speak unto the huddled masses, >>saying: >> >> >> >>>Ideally we would have an OS that would be >>>comprehensible to a person of average intelligence with no RTFM, but >>>would not hinder the advanced user by dumbing things down. This is an >>>unattainable ideal, but an approachable one; as we progress towards it, >>>we are bound to lurch from one side or another. >>> >>> >>why does this sound like the speed of light problem? will linux, as it >>approaches this unattainable mark, slowly increase in size until it is >>infinitely large? sounds like windows...... ;) >> >> > >Interesting thought! (Sounds like something I'd mention, but you saw it >first.) > >Anyway, then we need "code janitors" or refactorers to start reducing >the size. > Well, as I saw somewhere:
Rule 1: Any program can be reduced by at least one line. Rule 2: Any program will contain at least one bug Corrolary: All programs can be reduced to one line, which will contain a bug. Sir Robin -- "We're clouds over the sea, or flecks of matter in the ocean when the ocean seems lit from within. I know I'm drunk when I start this ocean talk." - Rumi Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Üniversitesi Ankara 06533 http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin
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