> And oh, the hackles it raises. :) The main reason I like the story is that it's good fodder for discussion about priorities in software development. After al

> And oh, the hackles it raises. :) The main reason I like the story is that it's good fodder for discussion about priorities in software development. After all, counting words isn't exactly an interesting problem in 2018, but deciding the effective use of libraries and programmer time is still very interesting.