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I can't see how it's horrific. It's got an incredibly strong historical record.
> strong historical record So did the medical practice of bleeding out a patient. It's been the only way but being the only book in the library doesn't qualify how good the book is. The problem with text is that it's not structured and therefore very difficult to manage. If you're going to create data for an accounting system, do you open up a Word document and start typing words like "Jimmy owes A/R five hundred?" O…
> So did the medical practice of bleeding out a patient. It's been the only way but being the only book in the library doesn't qualify how good the book is.
Bloodletting hasn't been performed for hundreds of years. We still use writing to convey ideas.
> The problem with text is that it's not structured . . .
Text is as structured as the author makes it.