# The Emperor's Old Clothes

**URL:** https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/the-emperors-old-clothes/7858
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**Created:** [October 28, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/the-emperors-old-clothes/7858 "2021-10-28T15:20:42Z")
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### Author: ![cbrake](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.elm-lang.org/cbrake/32/438_2.png) [@cbrake](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/cbrake)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/the-emperors-old-clothes/7858/1 "2021-10-28T15:20:42Z")

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Tony Hoare’s 1980 Turing Award Lecture "The Emperor’s Old Clothes) is a good read and has many good lessons – seems aligned with the Elm language values: [The Emperor's Old Clothes - Software - TMPDIR](https://community.tmpdir.org/t/the-emperors-old-clothes/344)

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/elm_lang/original/1X/50a05e53677a2c3b47776d7abd0f113eb50193a1.png) [@system](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/the-emperors-old-clothes/7858/2 "2021-11-07T15:21:20Z")

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