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To: Bengt Richter <bokr@bokr.com>
Cc: Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>

Hi Bengt,

On Fri, 29 Nov 2019 at 14:42, Bengt Richter <bokr@bokr.com> wrote:

> > And what do we win? More reproducibility? More bootstrappability?
>
> https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/C._A._R._Hoare#The_Emperor's_Old_Clothes
>
> The first quote in particular ;-)

I agree with the quote. :-)
But it does not answer to the question. Because your proposal appears
to me more complicated than simple. ;-)

Well, my answer would be: python -c 'import this' ;-)
[...]
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
--


All the best,
simon