Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 12:57:36 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 11 Message-ID: <20241001125736.000033be@gmail.com> References: <5mqdnZuGq4lgwm_7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <36KdnVlGJu9VLW77nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <971448126.749088380.092448.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <59CJO.19674$MoU3.15170@fx36.iad> <3hOdnWpQ649QMGr7nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@earthlink.com> <1114392917.749421134.280786.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <066d7009-983d-3dc8-b78f-bc37a915da18@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 21:57:41 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f3a1ced4425b80106d0fe41f21b562dc"; logging-data="3009772"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19l+2pVs6H11LJGsWe2kG8KLxC3ybOn3zA=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:vf+5avmnWMb5BCxV5UcgZXlyrcg= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.38; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Bytes: 2310 On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 21:28:14 +0200 D wrote: > I think there's some old programmer saying from the beginning of > time, that says something like the third time I completely rewrite > the program it gets done right. > > Don't remember the exact quote nor the originator sadly. "Plan to throw one away - you will, anyhow." - inevitably, Fred Brooks.