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   Julio Di Egidio to Julio Di Egidio   
   Re: Another little puzzle   
   26 Dec 22 06:34:21   
   
   From: julio@diegidio.name   
      
   On Thursday, 22 December 2022 at 17:30:06 UTC+1, Julio Di Egidio wrote:   
   > On Thursday, 22 December 2022 at 16:50:49 UTC+1, David Brown wrote:   
   > > On 22/12/2022 01:05, Julio Di Egidio wrote:   
   > > > On Thursday, 22 December 2022 at 01:01:08 UTC+1, Mike Terry wrote:   
   > > >> On 21/12/2022 21:54, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > >>> kind of most natural definition, at least to me.   
   > > >>   
   > > >> That is unambiguous, but to my mind not at all what is wanted   
   > > >   
   > > > You just dont get it, do you? This is (comp.)programming   
   > > > where guesswork is a *capital sin*.   
   > >   
   > > Programming is all about trying to guess what the customer actually   
   > > wanted, rather than what they asked for! :-)   
   > Utter nonsense of the usual kind and an entire industry down the drain.   
   >   
   > No, we are rather supposed to *elicit* requirements... which is just the   
   > tip of the (software) analysis iceberg.   
      
   Up 4. You fraudulent cunts.   
      
   Julio   
      
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