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"a hack, on top of a hack, on top of another hack, and so on" is evolution.

My HN username may be a case in point, drawing from a selection of twice five[0] digits due to legacy code of Hox genes: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1363084/

[0] "This new art is called the algorismus, in which / out of these twice five figures / 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, / of the Indians we derive such benefit"

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scoutt5y ago

You might see the Homer Simpson Car[0] and call it evolution too. But what I see is a mess, described as a sequence of hacks and bad decisions, just like HTML (and web stuff) today.

[0] https://www.wired.com/2014/07/homer-simpson-car/

xboxnolifes5y ago

Homer Simpsons car did not evolve at all. It was designed all in a single iteration.

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