Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:41:56 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: ac199@hwcn.org Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnu/usr.bin/cvs/libdiff Message-ID: <199801281941.MAA05552@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980128140142.320A-100000@ppp1682.on.bellglobal.com> References: <199801281840.LAA05323@mt.sri.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980128140142.320A-100000@ppp1682.on.bellglobal.com>
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> > > W/out any user intevention? Amazing how it requires users to build > > them, isn't it? Yes, it *could* all be automated, but the 'resources' > > required to do it is greater than requiring humans doing the work. Now, > > in a weird twist of fate, that is exactly the same thing I said. > > Heh. Workers on a factory line are not users building their > cars. They are machines who just happen to have an advantageous > dexterity : cost ratio, as opposed to users who "understand the > build process". Actually, not completely. There are some that simply build things, but the 'new thinking' is that workers who understand the build process are more effecient/better than workers who just tighten bolts. Also, there are *always* workers who understand the entire build process when things go wrong (which they do). Nate
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