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    From Peter Flass@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, February 04, 2026 07:46:45
    1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to get
    there.
    2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem.
    3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
    trying to clear the path to get through.

    Right now I'm deeply into #3.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Charlie Gibbs@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, February 04, 2026 16:25:00
    On 2026-02-04, Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> wrote:

    1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to get
    there.
    2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem.
    3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
    trying to clear the path to get through.

    Right now I'm deeply into #3.

    Sounds like another a.f.c tale in the making.
    Tell us about it when you're done.

    --
    /~\ Charlie Gibbs | Growth for the sake of
    \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | growth is the ideology
    X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | of the cancer cell.
    / \ if you read it the right way. | -- Edward Abbey

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Chris Ahlstrom@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, February 04, 2026 15:05:07
    Charlie Gibbs wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:

    On 2026-02-04, Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> wrote:

    1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to get
    there.
    2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem.
    3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
    trying to clear the path to get through.

    Right now I'm deeply into #3.

    Sounds like another a.f.c tale in the making.
    Tell us about it when you're done.

    Is he working on GNU code, like, for example gettext? What a
    thicket!

    --
    In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it usually is. :-)
    -- Larry Wall in <1991Jul31.174523.9447@netlabs.com>

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, February 04, 2026 20:37:31
    On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 07:46:45 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:

    1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to
    get there.
    2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem.
    3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
    trying to clear the path to get through.

    Right now I'm deeply into #3.

    ?There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one
    works.?
    -- Alan Perlis

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Nuno Silva@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 05, 2026 02:46:47
    On 2026-02-04, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

    Charlie Gibbs wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:

    On 2026-02-04, Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> wrote:

    1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to get >>> there.
    2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem.
    3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
    trying to clear the path to get through.

    Right now I'm deeply into #3.

    Sounds like another a.f.c tale in the making.
    Tell us about it when you're done.

    Is he working on GNU code, like, for example gettext? What a
    thicket!

    I can only think GenAI-generated code is pretty much Jumanji. You do
    (3.) but it keeps growing and growing and growing faster than you can
    wade through it, and is full of traps.

    --
    Nuno Silva

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Peter Flass@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, February 07, 2026 19:20:03
    On 2/4/26 19:46, Nuno Silva wrote:
    On 2026-02-04, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

    Charlie Gibbs wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:

    On 2026-02-04, Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> wrote:

    1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to get >>>> there.
    2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem. >>>> 3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
    trying to clear the path to get through.

    Right now I'm deeply into #3.

    Sounds like another a.f.c tale in the making.
    Tell us about it when you're done.

    Is he working on GNU code, like, for example gettext? What a
    thicket!

    I can only think GenAI-generated code is pretty much Jumanji. You do
    (3.) but it keeps growing and growing and growing faster than you can
    wade through it, and is full of traps.


    I missed one
    4 Sledgehammer: Bashes the code into shape.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)