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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN-like languages
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 13:45:53 +0100
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On 30/09/2024 19:15, John Ames wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:39:38 +0100
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> The problem is that many of those amateurs thought they were in fact
>> professionals
> 
> Sure - but from the dawn of history, those types have *never* required
> special toolsets to get in over their head. And on the flip side, far
> better for amateurs to be able to create non-professional solutions
> than for people to have no solution at all, when professional solutions
> are either unavailable or unaffordable...
> 
The problem is getting amateur solutions, when there is plenty of money


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