parable of the measure

• parable on whether Author’s intention needs to be known.

  • You may use measure to scratch your back.

• If it makes you feel comfortable, then useful use.

• However, it is foolish to not know what the scale on a ruler is for and not think of using it for the purpose of measuring length

  • Don’t you need this pattern?”
  • No, they are there, and you simply don’t understand how to use them.”

• In Technology Supporting Coding, I mentioned that it is useful to know the intention of a programming language because its features were created by its author for some purpose.

from /villagepump/2022/11/25

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