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Re:Compilers are hard by JoeAltmaier on Thursday January 21, 2021 @08:27AM (#25858559)
Queue pedantic counterexamples.

Anyway, in this day of just-in-time software we're not going in that direction any more.

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Re:Compilers are hard by auggierose on Thursday January 21, 2021 @09:11AM (#25858946)
What direction is that? The direction of correct software?
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Re:Compilers are hard by JoeAltmaier on Thursday January 21, 2021 @09:43AM (#25859296)
Right. Mostly-correct and on-time is all we're getting paid for. That's what agile is all about.
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