Software Obesity (was Re: Jargon file v2.1.5)

[mdivax1!bb29c!mitchell]

In article <1990Dec4.020605.10498 at lavaca.uh.edu> jet at karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
>In article <1990Dec2.202402.21977 at decuac.dec.com> mjr at hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes:
>>If cars were designed the same way as software is today,
>>they'd all have buggy-whip holders (from "Car V1.0") and starter cranks
>>(from "Car V2.1") and electric ignitions (from "Car V3.0") and so on.
>
>Ahem.  My state-of-the-art 1969 VW Bug is slotted for a starter crank.
>(Dunno about Supers, and my Karman Ghia isn't crankable.)
>
>Now where I'll *find* a crank for it is another story... :-)
>

This stirred up memories of my red 196x Sunbeam Alpine, which was
not only slotted for a crank but came equipped with one.  I manually
cranked the car over on more than one occasion (I don't think it had
magnetos, so the battery had to be live enough to provide spark).

Kind of like using ex commands in vi, eh?

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mitchell at mdi.com (Bill Mitchell)