Help me understand for what use case a precise count is relevant.

Andreas

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On Jul 26, 2013, at 17:39, Richard Newman <[email protected]> wrote:

> I disagree: repeating the mistakes of Weave is the biggest enemy here. And 
> one of those mistakes was thinking that "good enough" was good enough, when 
> it manifestly was not, at any level of abstraction. We should not be trading 
> the very basics of correctness for the possibility of a closer ship date.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Gal" <[email protected]>
> To: "Richard Newman" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Lloyd Hilaiel" <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 5:29:48 PM
> Subject: Re: whats the key anyway?
>
> There are many different ways to do this. And it simply doesn't matter
> which one we chose. Losing a usage count is irrelevant. As long we are
> reasonably counting, that's perfectly fine. Complexity is our biggest
> enemy here. Precision is not a design goal. Fast delivery of a
> solution that reasonably approximates consistency is.
>
> Andreas
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