Re: [spoon-discuss] Simplifying

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wednesday 25 June 2003 04:41 pm, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 02:33  AM, Adam Hill wrote:
> > --- Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Repeal rule 301 [[The Grid]].
> >
> > Oh, my, no.  Someone else said it more eloquently than I could, but
> > this would drastically limit our future options.  Apply that comment
> > also to the suggested repeal of r625.c.1 and amendment of r1251.
>
> One of things I've discovered from years of programming is that there
> comes a time in every major project (often a number of times) when you
> have to throw everything out and start over.

[snip lengthy explanation]

> I don't see how this would 'limit our future options' - this is a Nomic
> game. The future options are limitless. Repealing the Grid doesn't mean
> that we can't ever have a Grid again; it just means that the next time
> we have a Grid, it'll be written more nicely.

Agreed. This'll make it easier to implement multiple grids (possibly each with 
their own gridmin), too...

- -- 
bd
[FORTRAN] will persist for some time -- probably for at least the next decade.
		-- T. Cheatham
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