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Jun
I came across this quote from one of my favourite authors on architecture and design, Christopher Alexander, author of A Pattern Language in a book about software design - 'Patterns of Software - Tales from the Software Community' by Richard P. Gabriel ('Patterns of Software' is worth a read in its own right if you've any interest in software and is available free on the linked page.) We have become used to almost fanatical precision in the construction of buildings. Tile work, for instance, must be perfectly aligned, perfectly square, every tile perfectly cut, and the whole thing accurate on…