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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to
	test kernels
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:52:14 +0100
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On 11/07/2011 09:45 AM, Pekka Enberg wrote:
>
>> Specifications matter much more than working code.  Quirks are a fact
>> of life but should always come second.
>
> To quote Linus:
>
>    And I have seen _lots_ of total crap work that was based on specs. It's
> _the_ single worst way to write software, because it by definition means
>    that the software was written to match theory, not reality.

All generalizations are false.

Paolo