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E.15:3 - Forces
| Force | Tension |
|---|
| Fast repair vs continuity | A local correction should stay cheap, while material predecessor functions and dependent uses must not disappear. |
| Exact comparison vs semantic change | A textual diff locates changed words; it does not decide whether an idea, action, or result changed. |
| Reuse vs reverification | Unaffected results should be reused, but only after the dependency that made them unaffected is understood. |
| One good repair vs useful alternatives | Extra candidates help when a real choice remains; they are waste when one bounded non-dominated repair is already understood. |
| Precision vs working language | Ontological repair may need sharper distinctions, but the resulting whole pattern must remain readable and usable in a project. |
| Stable history vs current use | Old editions remain exact historical sources, while current reliance must name the edition it actually uses. |