Re: transitive closure

From: Kenneth Downs <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:48:30 -0400
Message-Id: <drcvq2-qlg.ln1_at_pluto.downsfam.net>


Marshall Spight wrote:

>

>> As the philosopher Schopenhauer said, 'All truth goes through three
>> stages. First, it is ridiculed. Then, it is violently opposed. Finally,
>> it is accepted as self-evident.'

>
> Heh. Some non-truths go through the same process, though.
> Viz. XML. Currently in the "accepted as self-evident" phase.
> I like to believe there's a "what was I thinking?!" phase
> that comes after. :-)
>
>

Programmer's Remorse: Um, this does not seem to be quite so easy to maintain as we thought...

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Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth_at_(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)
Received on Tue Jul 19 2005 - 15:48:30 CEST

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