norm(_at_)dad(_dot_)org writes:
Jon Steinhart <jon(_at_)fourwinds(_dot_)com> writes:
So in general I prefer packages that fix bugs and add features without
breaking
things because I'm trying to get other work done.
That's a desirable goal, but just one of multiple and conflicting goals.
Pushing your criterion to the limit, and applying the principle of
mathematical induction, it would mean that a Makefile that worked in 1970
should work today. It would make progress virtually impossible, particularly
for a system maintained entirely by volunteers.
Norman Shapiro
As you can see from my other emails, I'm not trying to push it to the limit.
And I still have Makefiles from way back and they do work. Shell scripts too.
C programs. All of which have had features larded on them since.
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