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There are only two hard problems in computer science. Cache invalidation, and naming things. And off by one errors.
by afwaller 8y ago
There are only two hard problems in computer science.
Cache invalidation, and naming things. And off by one errors.
- drharby 8y agoWhat you did there, I see
- progval 8y agoAnd off by 2^32 errors
- taneq 8y agoDon't think I've ever heard of off-by-0 errors before. Doesn't sound that bad...
- jstimpfle 8y agoAnd asynchronous callbacks.
- quickthrower2 8y agoWhy is that a hard problem? (Once someone answers this, I promise to read and process the answer, but I'll go and do something else in the meantime)
- ibotty 8y agoThe joke is, that this answer came late.
- Scarblac 8y agoThat's the difference between computer science and software engineering. Software engineering has only a single hard problem: people.