XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 11/01/2026 20:44, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:55:12 -0600, Harold Stevens wrote:   
   >   
   >> Greybeard quants like me operated on 3 simple maxims:   
   >>   
   >> 1. Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't.   
   >> 2. If if ain't broke, don't fix it.   
   >> 3. If it breaks, don't ignore it.   
   >   
   > Those go way beyond programming...   
   >   
   Part of the 'philosophy of engineering'.   
      
   Perhaps the most fundamental one, after 'an engineer is someone who can   
   do for five bob what any damn fool can do for a quid' is   
      
   'In the construction of mechanisms, complexity should not be multiplied   
   beyond that necessary to achieve the defined objective'   
      
   Ockham's Laser...   
      
      
   --   
   Canada is all right really, though not for the whole weekend.   
      
   "Saki"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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