Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 15:47:20 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, mrcpu@cdsnet.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pib comments. Message-ID: <199701062247.PAA12840@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <12969.852533091@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jan 5, 97 10:44:51 pm
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> > I suggest that the Makefiles are a cache already (just a bad one 8), so > > the matter is one of degree, not principle. 8) > > Isn't that's sort of like saying "the haystack is the storage area for > the needle, so the difficulty in finding it is simply a matter of > degree, not principle." :-) Knowing there is a needle in the first place lets you decide to go get the auto-wrecker-crane electro magnet and squash the small problem with a large sledge-hammer. Just move the haystack outside first, or all the nails in your barn won't be in your barn any more. ;-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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