Ian, I agree. The nerds I grew up with spoke lovingly of hacks, disparagingly of kludges - but BOTH are solutions. A perfect hack is a beautiful think. A perfect kludge is an ugly think, but I repeat, both are valid solutions.
The thing about a kludge, is that without them, we'd often have nothing at all. Sure, they cry out for elegant refinement, being a stop-gap measure, a temporary solution. But isn't that even kinda cool? An invitation for improvement means there is more to be thought. The process winds on. John On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Ian Glendinning <[email protected]>wrote: > Dave et al, > > Back to the subject ... what's wrong with kludges ? > The net result of many kludges is evolution to something fitter. > A kludge is pure MoQ in action. > > Perfection is something else. > Ian > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 3:17 AM, David Thomas > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 8/16/10 8:25 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>[Craig] > >> I'm not quite sure how to read this layout, but: > > When you copy is by replying it screws up the formatting. > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
