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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 21:27:31 +0100
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John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> writes:

> On Jan 27, 2016, at 12:53 PM, Stephan Böttcher <geda AT psjt DOT org> wrote:
>
>> The aim should be to change PCB in small incremental steps.
>
> That’s the Ptolemaic approach: adding epicycles. But perhaps the
> Keplerian approach of getting the fundamentals right would be better.

IOW, write a new program vs evolving the exiting one.  

If we agree on a direction, with some clear idea where we want to go, it
may just be easier to go in little steps, as time permits.

> John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
> http://www.noqsi.com/
> jpd AT noqsi DOT com
>
>

-- 
Stephan