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That sounds like a complicated fix! How many tens of minutes did it take? And how many tens of minutes did the bug cost, in effort spent on comments that got ea
by throwanem 7y ago
That sounds like a complicated fix! How many tens of minutes did it take? And how many tens of minutes did the bug cost, in effort spent on comments that got eaten instead of posted?
(I know there's no way to answer that last question, but that doesn't mean its answer is equal to zero.)
- throwanem 7y ago(Ah, never mind, I see this line of thought has already been explored nearby. I've nothing to add beyond what's already been said there.)
- sillysaurusx 7y agoIt was complicated, but at one point I was so in love with Arc that I wanted to give it a real shot at taking over the world. It seemed like a necessary change to make, since the moment someone brought up dead links as a slight against arc, I could point to the change and say, "Already fixed!" (I made a few other improvements, like having accurate line numbers in error messages, and a clojure-style REPL for emacs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v1KpEmuPeM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v1KpEmuPeM)