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On 01/13/2013 09:16 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> A programmer had a problem, and thought Now he has "I know, I'll solve 
> two it with threads!" problems.

The same applies to regular expressions, which is actually what the
expression was first used with years ago.  Probably applies to just
about any technology.  Including Java.