[xlnt]

If every iteration hurts then is iterating a lot really a good plan?

In each iteration one believes this is the final iteration that will last forever. If not, you're doing it wrong. How is that compatible with planning to iterate?

[gommm]

It's the same as creating a company... If the failure rate is high, trying more than one time bring the failure rate down... But when you are creating a company if you start by thinking that it's going to fail, you are already out of the game ;-)

[aaronblohowiak]

Believing things will last forever is not a necessary attribute for love. All things are ephemeral.

[edb]

you need to watch a movie called "Les Poupees Russes" (Sorry, don't know how to do accents on my iPhone)