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"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:
> it's preferable to solve specific problems optimally than
> to attempt to define generalized structures that might or might not be
> optimal for a specific case.

If 3 similar problems arise in a program, is it more optimal to have 3
separate solutions that are almost but not quite all alike, or to have
one solution that handles all 3 problems?