From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 11:07:56 +1000   
   dxf  wrote:   
      
   > On 6/04/2025 11:43 pm, sjack wrote:   
   > > dxf  wrote:   
   > >> That holes still exist after 30 years can only mean forthers are   
   > >> content with less than perfect documentation.  No?   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > I don't worry much about documentation. If I don't understand my   
   > > code it's no big deal, I probably didn't know what I was doing in   
   > > the first place. As long as the computer can understand it and get   
   > > it right, most of the time, I've done my job.   
   >   
   > Folks like a security blanket - authority handed down.  Often just   
   > holding and cherishing the documentation, repeating the verses, is   
   > enough.  Throw a curveball and it's like watching Forbidden Planet   
   > where Robby the Robot is presented with contradictory instructions.   
   That used to happen every other weeek in Star Trek TOS.   
      
   > Luckily Standard Forth is mostly harmless as nobody takes it seriously.   
   >   
      
      
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   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
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