Worse is Better is Worse

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“worse is better.” Clearly from the way he said it, it was a slogan he had just made up.

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I have heard him on many occasions say “what do you expect from an operating system designed and implemented in New Jersey!"

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no one has ever used this philosophy per se.

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maybe they wouldn't articulate it as such, but it actually seems pretty standard practice for e.g. Microsoft

Right thing is pie-in-sky

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The complexity of the right—thing solution is so great that many consider it nearly impossible to get it right.

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And, if the user program is simple and can be preceeded with the advice to not hit control-C, what’s wrong

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Lisp is used by weirdos who do weirdo science.

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This advice is corrosive. It warps the minds of youth.

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