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From: esf00@amdahl.UUCP (Elliott S. Frank)
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Subject: Re: Thought for the day
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Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 11:46:10 EST
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[. . .  urp!]

> >If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, then the first
> >woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
> >              (freely stolen from somewhere- don't know the source)
> >
> "Most civil engineers never build a bridge that collapses."
> 			      (C.A.R. Hoare)

We build systems the way the Wright brothers built airplanes --
tie them together with string and baling wire, toss them off the
edge of a cliff, and see if they fly."
               (first seen on someone's wall at CEEB, 1970)

Elliott S Frank    ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!esf00     (408) 746-6384

[the above opinions are strictly mine, if anyone's]
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