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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:17:09 -0700
From: Victor Yodaiken <yodaiken@fsmlabs.com>
To: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
        Victor Yodaiken <yodaiken@fsmlabs.com>,
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Subject: Re: Coding style - a non-issue
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On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 07:13:55AM +0100, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> On December 1, 2001 06:15 am, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Victor Yodaiken wrote:
> > > Here's a characteristic good Linux design method ,( or call it "less than 
> > > random mutation method" if that makes you feel happy): read the 
> > > literature, think hard, try something, implement
> > 
> > Hah.
> > 
> > I don't think I've seen very many examples of that particular design
> > methodology.
> 
> I do it a little differently: think hard, try something, implement, read the 
> literature, repeat as necessary.

Ordering is not key in this recipe.

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