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Disc brakes mean you no longer have to worry about the brake limitation, only the tyres.
When I went on a wet club ride in Surreys, I was always the last one to brakes on a descent, not because of my awesome descending skill (it wasn't, it was more of a wet trout escaping the grasp of a Welshman), but because I can come to a full emergency stop without having to wait a few moment before the brake pads removed the moisture from the rims.