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At some point it will be selectively rewritten if it's important enough.

• awakeasleep 6y ago
  I love/hate this type of tautological yet provoking statement
  • ironmagma 6y ago
    In what sense is it tautological? I can think of a lot of things that are important that won’t get done, healthcare improvements being one. Software on the other hand is typically fluid enough that someone will rewrite it.
    • ozzy6009 6y ago
      If it wasn't selectively rewritten, it wasn't important enough (to be selectively rewritten).
    • kortilla 6y ago
      Because the bar can be effectively slid around justifying that it was/wasn’t important enough if it does/doesn’t get rewritten. It’s as meaningless as telling someone they will achieve their dream if they want it bad enough.
      • ironmagma 6y ago
        I think it’s slightly more meaningful, because not all dreams can be achieved. If software isn’t getting ported from Python 2 to Python 3, it almost certainly isn’t because it’s too hard to do.