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Re:Ten years of V8 by skybrian on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @09:25PM (#17964889)
I think the problem of stuff going out of date can be avoided by giving background (why it was originally written) rather than making a commitment you can't keep about keeping it up to date.

Knowing why code was originally written can be more important than knowing what it currently does.

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Re:Ten years of V8 by asdfasgasdgasdg on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @06:22PM (#17974008)
Great advice, and it does resonate. FWIW I'm certainly not a "no comments" guy. I just like to check myself to see if there is a better way to accomplish what I was going to do with a comment.
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Re:Ten years of V8 by lostctown on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:06PM (#17965307)
This is fantastic advice.
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