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   RE: [xml-dev] FYI: Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, 11 May 1930 -- 6 August 2002

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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:

> So programming skill comes down to toilet training.

Or finding efficient ways to appear housebroken.<grin/>


Pointedly, the programming task is to manage complexity efficiently, not
to eliminate an irreducible, inherent inefficiency.  Note that the savings
from halving the number of pots is eaten up by the necessity of an
occasional extra car.

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