Important field

real story;
string sender;
sender = "Douglas";
Boss: Where is the field type_species?
Programmer: You asked to remove it, so it was removed
Boss: Impossible! I would never ask it. This is an important field for all the system...
Programmer: Ok, then I'll put it back
Boss: Well, but I wonder if it's really necessary...
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