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Re:Wikidata: The first new project from Wikimedia Foundation... by huherto on Friday March 30, 2012 @09:50AM (#3775897)
So they are adding an extra layer?...Who said that CS is the science where everything is solved with an extra level of indirection?
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Re:Wikidata: The first new project from Wikimedia Foundation... by mindcrime on Friday March 30, 2012 @12:16PM (#3776691)
Who said that CS is the science where everything is solved with an extra level of indirection?

Looks like David Wheeler made the statement that I think you're referring to:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2057503/does-anybody-know...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wheeler_%28computer_scien...

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