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Old 12-27-2017, 05:42 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by compurandom View Post
Most of the professional computer industry might not agree with you.

I believe the old hacker's description of that is "broken as designed".

Now, if you document how broken it is, it becomes a misfeature.
In my experience, I've never met anyone who would agree with you. Even the acronym (BAD) is defined in my copy of the jargon file as: "IBM: acronym, “Broken As Designed”] Said of a program that is bogus because of bad design and misfeatures rather than because of bugginess."

I think it's time to end this discussion with another quote:

"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.” Thomas Jefferson
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