> That's true. Te question is really should we go ahead and figure
> out the answer, or should be just decide that we don't know the answer
> today, and consequently, we will delete the mechanism, so even if someone
> does work out the answer tomorrow, it is all irrelevant, because there's
> no way to use it left in the protocols any more.
yes, otherwise we would have a mocha (my favorite flavor) ice cream
mechanism with no currently known way to use it to make ice cream.
but some day, we might know how, and who knows, this mechanism might
be a good way to implement it.
see
http://xp.c2.com/DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork.html
and
http://xp.c2.com/YouArentGonnaNeedIt.html
randy
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