Re: those bits can have 2 values for a reason

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From: peter f miller
Subject: Re: those bits can have 2 values for a reason
Date: 20:08 on 07 Feb 2007
On 2/7/07, Robert Rothenberg <robrwo@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> * An optimisation which gives a 20% performance boost that imposts a limit
>   on the software, but one which will not affect 95% of the users (and
>   which most of the other 5% can work around)?
>
> * No limits to what the software does (to make life easier for the 10%),
>   but it runs slower.  Perhaps slower than a competing product.
>
> Given the trade, I wouldn't call the person who wrote such a function a moron.

I just discovered last week that Adobe Reader arbitrarily limits you
to 20 open files. Can we please still call *them* morons?
There's stuff above here

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