A modest proposal

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 18:45:12 Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> If you don't know the reference, you won't get it. It's that simple. You
> need a reference.
> 
> It's like referencing a movie that you haven't seen. What is the point of
> explaining it unless you have seen the movie, you won't get it.
> 
> And I have to admit, I didn't have any idea what he was talking about
> until I read later about googling for it, and learned what it meant.
> 
> You don't even have your reference right :) It's a *Modest* proposal.

I'd heard of the paper in question years ago but had long forgotten about it. 
I certainly wouldn't have remembered the title or who wrote it.

- Jonathan M Davis