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This is exactly where writing docs epitomises Larry Wall's "laziness" virtue. http://threevirtues.com/ http://threevirtues.com/
by pacaro 7y ago
This is exactly where writing docs epitomises Larry Wall's "laziness" virtue.
http://threevirtues.com/ http://threevirtues.com/
- bloopernova 7y agoA lot of my "formative years" in IT were spent in several Perl environments, but it's been a while since I heard those 3 virtues so succinctly put. Thank you :)
- pacaro 7y agoThank whoever put the website up! The text is pulled verbatim from the camel book[1]. I somehow assume that "everyone" has used or had access to a well thumbed copy of the camel book, but realize that it's a product of place and time [1] Programming Perl https://g.co/kgs/ZnNHTJ https://g.co/kgs/ZnNHTJ
- xsmasher 7y agoI know this is quoting a classic text, but "Hubris" bugs me here; it seems like the virtue being describe here is pride or ego, not hubris. Hubris implies excessive pride and ambition; pride that is oversized when compared to your ability. It has a negative connotation.
- pacaro 7y agoIIRC the camel book cautions about excesses in each of these "virtues. I've always been amused by the concept of "excessive hubris"