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Re:Functional programming and the death of the Unix Way by mindslight on Sunday March 25, 2012 @08:14PM (#3754329)
Don't koans generally cast off preexisting notions? It seems the philosophy espoused by that story is "don't think too much about the design of your tools".
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Re:Functional programming and the death of the Unix Way by msbarnett on Sunday March 25, 2012 @08:40PM (#3754377)
I read it as "there are many ways you could solve a problem; rather than obsess over which is The One True Way in All Situations, choose whichever is the simplest path to scratching your itch".
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