Al Hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the real world, we know, intuitively, that there is no such thing
> as a universal screw-driver. We know that every toolbox contains many
> screwdrivers and we give them different broad-based names to corral
> them into general categories... like "philips screwdriver",
> "flat-blade screwdriver".. blah, blah.
Even a Phlips screwdriver is unable to corrrectly deal with any cross recess
screw as Philips is just one of at least three _incompatible_ "cross recess"
screw systems.
This is also a good example as "gimme a screwdriver" has the same level
of incompleteness as "gimme OpenSolaris".
Jörg
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