Re^2: "Off Topic" nodes

All these other nodes are more than a year old and my suggestion is closest to what castaway (seconded by tye) suggested, but the discussion somehow fizzled out and was not followed-up, so I think I had a valid reason to bring it back up again, phrased slightly different.

CountZero

"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

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Re^3: "Off Topic" nodes by particle (Vicar) on Jul 26, 2004 at 17:09 UTC
a fair point. on the other hand, mentioning that you performed some research on the topic, and including related resources in your original post helps make people aware that your new take on this old issue is warranted. ~Particle accelerates	[reply]
Re^4: "Off Topic" nodes by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 26, 2004 at 18:22 UTC
You are quite right, I should have done that, but it was the week-end and the sun was shining and I still had to do a lot of work and ... and ... and ... CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply]