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From: Elliott Hughes <elliott.hughes@gen...>
Subject: Re: [9fans] usage of CPU server
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 16:55:22 GMT

"rob pike" <rob@pla...> wrote in message
news:20001103145607.93809199DC@mail...
> I never understood the resistance. I still don't.

you explain it yourself: programmers are a conservative bunch.

or did you mean that that's the part you don't understand? i see it as a
natural reaction to the general state of things. almost everything is bad,
even the stuff we produce ourselves, and it's enough trouble getting to
grips with what we've got, understanding its quirks and remembering what
works under what conditions and what doesn't, et cetera, et cetera.

it's like not getting up from a bed of nails because you're scared that the
slightest movement will only increase the pain.

 - elliott