Some time ago I received a message that described a situation that was “based on a reality-based scenario.” Wow, how many layers away from reality can you get? It wasn’t a real scenario. It wasn’t a reality-based scenario. It was based on a reality-based scenario.
Then again, I’m just adding to the problem. I’m writing a message about a situation based on a reality-based scenario…
Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.
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