Re: Lists composed of equal number and kind of elements

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:

> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>
>> It can only happen if there are duplicates in one of
>> the lists. The OP said that this is specifically for
>> the result of (window-list), which can't return
>> duplicates. So he doesn't need a fully
>> general solution.
>
> OK, good point.

Not really.  

I mean, ok, always implementing the most specific solution to customers'
request is a good way to ensure job security.

But if your purpose is to change the world really, and not just giving
lip service to Silicon Valley mantras,  then you will implement the most
general solution so you don't have to do anything else when the customer
or another comes with a variant of their problem, and so eventually we
can leave programs and robots work for us.


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