A system needs to be alive and workable even when other peo… - Erik Naggum

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A system needs to be alive and workable even when other people than the first enthusiasts start using it. Reinvention and revolution are enthusiast stuff. Invention and evolution are engineering.

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Erik Naggum (June 13, 1965 – June 17, 2009) was a Lisp programmer.

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