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From: Richard J. Gaylord <gaylord@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: Tony Hoare citation
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Subject: Tony Hoare citation
From: Denis Girou, girou@circe.fr
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 09:44:08 GMT
In article <1993Jan18.094408.171736@circe.fr> Denis Girou, girou@circe.fr
writes:
>
>  Dear friends,
>
>    For an article that I have to write, I would cite an opinion of the
famous
>Tony Hoare concerning APL, opinion that I read long time ago. Tony Hoare
should
>have said (in the french translation that I read): "APL : cette erreur
poussee
>jusqu'a sa perfection" - in english, something like: "APL: this error
lead to
>his perfection".

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could someone explain this quote? i can't figure out what it means.
