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Re:Dijkstra: My Recollections of Operating System Design (20... by throwaway6497 on Friday May 27, 2016 @01:33PM (#11787544)
What is remarkable is that on a computer, you can reedit what to write to death. On a piece of paper, you have to get it right the very first time.
Re:Dijkstra: My Recollections of Operating System Design (20... by Bromskloss on Friday May 27, 2016 @07:08PM (#11789712)
Only if it's your last sheet. ;-)

I've been known to… Well, no one knows it, but I have anyway practice-written letters that, shall we say, have been important to me to get right, trying out leadings and line breaks many times before writing out the out final version.