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1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to get
there.
2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem.
3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
trying to clear the path to get through.

Right now I'm deeply into #3.
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On 2026-02-04, Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> wrote:

1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to get
there.
2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem.
3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
trying to clear the path to get through.

Right now I'm deeply into #3.

Sounds like another a.f.c tale in the making.
Tell us about it when you're done.
--
/~\ Charlie Gibbs | Growth for the sake of
\ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | growth is the ideology
X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | of the cancer cell.
/ \ if you read it the right way. | -- Edward Abbey
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Charlie Gibbs wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:

On 2026-02-04, Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> wrote:

1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to get
there.
2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem.
3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
trying to clear the path to get through.

Right now I'm deeply into #3.

Sounds like another a.f.c tale in the making.
Tell us about it when you're done.

Is he working on GNU code, like, for example gettext? What a
thicket!
--
In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it usually is. :-)
-- Larry Wall in <1991Jul31.174523.9447@netlabs.com>
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 07:46:45 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:

1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to
get there.
2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem.
3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
trying to clear the path to get through.

Right now I'm deeply into #3.

rCLThere are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.rCY
-- Alan Perlis
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On 2026-02-04, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Charlie Gibbs wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:

On 2026-02-04, Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> wrote:

1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to get >>> there.
2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem.
3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
trying to clear the path to get through.

Right now I'm deeply into #3.

Sounds like another a.f.c tale in the making.
Tell us about it when you're done.

Is he working on GNU code, like, for example gettext? What a
thicket!

I can only think GenAI-generated code is pretty much Jumanji. You do
(3.) but it keeps growing and growing and growing faster than you can
wade through it, and is full of traps.
--
Nuno Silva
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On 2/4/26 19:46, Nuno Silva wrote:

On 2026-02-04, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Charlie Gibbs wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:

On 2026-02-04, Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> wrote:

1. Bulldozer: Sees goal clearly, and flattens anything in the way to get >>>> there.
2. Scalpel: Surgically removes or changes one line to fix the problem. >>>> 3. Machete: Hacks a way through the jungle swinging left and right
trying to clear the path to get through.

Right now I'm deeply into #3.

Sounds like another a.f.c tale in the making.
Tell us about it when you're done.

Is he working on GNU code, like, for example gettext? What a
thicket!

I can only think GenAI-generated code is pretty much Jumanji. You do
(3.) but it keeps growing and growing and growing faster than you can
wade through it, and is full of traps.

I missed one
4 Sledgehammer: Bashes the code into shape.
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