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This is a weird deja vu. I created that page on Wikipedia back in 2003 so that people could find out what it was. At the time there were a huge host of things
by dwheeler 7y ago
This is a weird deja vu. I created that page on Wikipedia back in 2003 so that people could find out what it was. At the time there were a huge host of things that Wikipedia didn't cover at all; it's remarkable how much Wikipedia has grown since then.
As noted elsewhere, this is not really a "law" - it's a design guideline that many find (usually) helpful. However, it was named a "law" and the name has stuck.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> As noted elsewhere, this is not really a "law" It is a law in the regulatory rather than scientific sense, in that it was adopted as a coding rule in the Demeter project.