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ryandrakeyesterday at 10:06 PM1 replyview on HN

Perfect example of "The Purpose Of A System Is What It Does."[1]

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...


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bigstrat2003today at 12:09 AM

That saying is bullshit. The purpose of a system is, by definition, what it is intended to do, not what it does. You can judge efficacy by the results, but not the purpose.

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