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From:
Jarkko Hietaniemi
Date:
February 9, 2001 13:19
Subject:
Re: Auto-install (was autoloaded...)
Message ID:
20010209151933.I22739@chaos.wustl.edu
On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 04:09:28PM -0500, John Porter wrote:
> Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> > > 
> > > (for those of you who didn't get the reference)
> > 
> > Well, I certainly heard the reference before even hearing of Perl or Tom...
> 
> I only ever saw it with his name on it.

I believe the first part of it (adding layers) is an age-old
programming adage, the second part (not overdoing it) may well
be Tom's addition.

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