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A comment on The Path to Dijkstra’s Handwriting (2013). Parent comment

Re:The Path to Dijkstra’s Handwriting (2013) by neves on Monday August 26, 2019 @10:04AM (#20799931)
I teach my children that a lot of times their work will be evaluated more from the form than from the substance. It is bad news. It is unfair. But that's how the world works.
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Re:The Path to Dijkstra’s Handwriting (2013) by posterboy on Monday August 26, 2019 @02:18PM (#20802317)
Form begets function, so this is a given. Some may be hypocritical, overly critical, etc., but still, if anything, good form exposds flaws in the content, while bad form not just obscures but potentially destroys the content.

Well, you are talking about judging a book by its cover? That's what you have done right there!

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