Re: XY Problem

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Re^2: XY Problem by jdporter (Paladin) on Dec 21, 2014 at 17:59 UTC
Yeah, that's not really the same as an XY problem, though.	[reply]
Re^3: XY Problem by Anonymous Monk on Dec 21, 2014 at 18:34 UTC
What? Yes it is. Plus, it's meant to be funny, and I think it is. It's just a play on a famous quote, one variant of which is Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. `http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/223634/what-is-meant-by-now-you-have-two-problems` `http://regex.info/blog/2006-09-15/247` `http://www.xkcd.com/1171/`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: XY Problem by jdporter (Paladin) on Dec 25, 2014 at 05:32 UTC
That's not the same. XY is when you have one problem, but it isn't the one you think you have, or at least isn't the one you're admitting you have.	[reply]
Re^5: XY Problem by wrog (Friar) on Dec 27, 2014 at 10:31 UTC
Re^6: XY Problem by jdporter (Paladin) on Dec 28, 2014 at 16:57 UTC
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