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Re:Modernizing AWK, a 45-year old language, by adding CSV su... by specialist on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:07PM (#31358802)
You just reminded me of the argument against seat belts based on the assumption that they'll encourage riskier driving thereby leading to more deaths.

Not doing the obviously correct superior easy strategy because there's some infrequent weird corner case prevents any kind of progress. Perfection is the enemy of good enough, engineering is balancing constraints, ad nauseum...

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