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Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 13:28:26 +1000
Subject: Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams
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On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> wrote:
> And if I've designed my program the right way, what's relevant in one
> place (package, module, function, line of code) is different from what's
> relevant in another.

Absolutely. Layered systems FTW! Nothing matters but your current
layer and those it touches.

ChrisA