in reply to The Real World and Theory

Hm, a familiar pattern ...

They didn't care that they’d seen it work in practice because they already knew it wouldn't work in theory.
from here: "Perl is a Shinto Shrine. Perl is an act of love."...

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Re^2: The Real World and Theory
by gone2015 (Deacon) on Oct 13, 2008 at 15:32 UTC

    Well, if the theory is any good, then the fact that something appears to work in practice simply means that the occasions when it will break are yet to be encountered, or it hasn't been properly tested, yet.

    Yup, I've seen a lot of code just like that :-)

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