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by robertlagrant 1522 days ago
> I can't guarantee anything, no on can in software.

What does this mean?

1 comments

(1) People aren't often good at communicating their intent with language. It requires using public meanings (words) assembled in some order to reflect a private meaning which is non-linguistic.

(2) I think something like "At the moment it's funded, but I can't legally bind my org to that commitment. And in general, as software comes-and-goes, it's future utility and support is always hard to pin-down".

I mention (1) because I think (2) can be inferred from the comment, and I think we have some responsibility as readers/listeners to do that; rather than expect all communication will be clear to us.

I agree that people are sometimes accidentally unclear; that's why I asked a clarifying question.