Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer
by dd36 on Friday June 07, 2019 @10:20PM
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Same idea should apply to laws. The why gets forgotten a half century later because the problem was solved but not well documented. Because the problem is no longer happening, they think the law must no longer be necessary.
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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer
by mr_toad on Friday June 07, 2019 @11:23PM
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As a counterpoint, we often end up with laws, traditions, and social mores that long outlive whatever rationale they had for them in the first place. (Assuming they had a rationale, and weren’t just based on fear and superstition).