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On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:55:12 -0600, Harold Stevens wrote:

> Greybeard quants like me operated on 3 simple maxims:
> 
> 1. Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't.
> 2. If if ain't broke, don't fix it.
> 3. If it breaks, don't ignore it.

Those go way beyond programming...