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Subject: Re: Code Reuse (was Re: The Continuous Amnesia Issue)
From: Johanne Fairchild
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Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 00:42 UTC
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Subject: Re: Code Reuse (was Re: The Continuous Amnesia Issue)
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 21:42:39 -0300
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Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> writes:

> On 2024-04-17, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> The quoted blog is very vague about what the author thinks is being
>> ignored/forgotten.
>
> I don't know what specifically the author is referring to, but i have
> heard retired professionals talk about technical advertising and
> announcements of innovations, and having responses like "That's not
> new! We were doing that decades ago using _____!" I've heard it so
> frequently that it lends credibility, in my mind, to this article.

There is no doubt in my mind that---at the very least in computer
science---one's education is better invested by studying the field's
history than giving any attention to any current trend.

(Ben Collver, thanks for the interesting post.)

Subject: Re: Code Reuse (was Re: The Continuous Amnesia Issue)
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
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On Sat, 11 May 2024 21:42:39 -0300, Johanne Fairchild wrote:

> There is no doubt in my mind that---at the very least in computer
> science---one's education is better invested by studying the field's
> history than giving any attention to any current trend.

Better still, do both.

Subject	Author
Re: Code Reuse (was Re: The Continuous Amnesia Issue)	Johanne Fairchild
Re: Code Reuse (was Re: The Continuous Amnesia Issue)	Lawrence D'Oliveiro