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Date:      Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:58:27 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
Cc:        terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pppd vs ijppp
Message-ID:  <199601112058.NAA18141@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199601112012.PAA00249@etinc.com> from "dennis" at Jan 11, 96 03:12:29 pm

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> >To put it in a single aphorism: anything that works is better than
> >anything that doesn't.  You may recognize this as a reformulation of
> >Occam's Razor, the guiding principle of "The Scientific Method".
> 
> Of course, the truly arrogant believe that they can make ANYTHING
> work....so the question bouces back to which is the best way to do 
> it.

Presupposing the superiority of one way or the other.  Not necessarily
a valid assumption.  8-).

If you ask a good software engineer "Cany you write this?", the answer
will always be "yes".  This isn't arrogance; if something can be
imagined, and it doesn't violate any physical laws, it can be built.

Where you have to worry is how long of a delay there is between when
you ask the question and when you get your "yes".


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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