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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: basic BASIC question
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 22:06:36 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 19:11 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), John Dallman wrote:

> Every few years, somebody decides that computing can be made simpler by
> discarding the lessons of the past. Then they find have to re-invent the
> safety precautions and useful features of the past, and do it a bit
> differently.

As opposed to those who stick with running systems from the past, and 
disregard lessons learned since those original products were created?