torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) wrote on 30.11.01 in <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111301907010.1296-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>:
> Have you _ever_ heard of a project that actually started off with trying
> to figure out what it should do, a rigorous design phase, and a
> implementation phase?
Yes.
That one gave rise to _The_Mythical_Man_Month_.
Or in other words, it demonstrated how this was broken enough to create
one of the more important classics in the field.
MfG Kai
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