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In the discussion of whether /dev/urandom should fail and whether
that should cause bootup to fail, it was stated:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Stacking up a bunch of "possible" solutions without verifying
that one of them is an <i class="moz-txt-slash"><span class="moz-txt-tag">/</span>actual<span class="moz-txt-tag">/</span></i> solution in a given context
is the opposite of good engineering.
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Stacking possible solutions is certainly not a complete answer, but
it is a good description of a "brainstorming" phase that can be a
very good part of software engineering! (Not just in this
context...) Once you know that one of them is an /actual/ solution
you might even be through, depending on the nature of the task. And
until you know at least one, or maybe more possible solutions, you
can hardly verify that one of them is an /actual/ solution.<br>
Bob Wilson<br>
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