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Date:      Sun, 02 Jul 2000 21:05:05 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Steve Ames <steve@virtual-voodoo.com>
Cc:        "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/isc-dhcp - Imported sources 
Message-ID:  <1015.962564705@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 02 Jul 2000 13:55:41 CDT." <20000702135541.A17379@virtual-voodoo.com> 

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In message <20000702135541.A17379@virtual-voodoo.com>, Steve Ames writes:
>On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 02:20:53PM -0400, Jeroen C. van Gelderen wrote:
>> Can we agree to drop the 'traditionally' as a last resort 
>> argument to justify inertia? Compatibility, POLA, bloat,
>> creeping featurism, etc. will do fine.

I agree.

>I've wondered for a while... what is POLA?

Principle of Least Astonishment.

Coined by Terry Lambert in 1993 or so.

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