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michael_dorfman on Feb 12, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Programming is hard

I'm put in mind of Voltaire's retort to the notion that that "Life is hard"--- "Compared to what?"

ewiethoff on Feb 12, 2009 [–]

> "Compared to what?"

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