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Re:What we learned from rewriting our robotic control softwa... by noir_lord on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @03:22PM (#10502332)
I always took it as the general way we throw piles of stuff on top of other stuff until eventually it's so unstable a woodpecker would knock it all over rather than as an accurate indictment of software practices which are of course different to building, software is part science, part art and part prayer.
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Re:What we learned from rewriting our robotic control softwa... by organsnyder on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @03:46PM (#10502504)
> software is part science, part art and part prayer

I've never heard that phrase before—is it yours? I really like it.

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Re:What we learned from rewriting our robotic control softwa... by noir_lord on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @05:01PM (#10503058)
As far as I know, I've not read it anywhere :).

Google thinks its original to me so I've not accidentally stolen it unknowingly.

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Re:What we learned from rewriting our robotic control softwa... by tossandturn on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @05:32PM (#10503209)
It's all yours, my friend.
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