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Is there an equivalent to Parkinson's Law ("Work expands to fill the available schedule"), where software expands to fit the available performance?
by AceJohnny2 6y ago
Is there an equivalent to Parkinson's Law ("Work expands to fill the available schedule"), where software expands to fit the available performance?
- flohofwoe 6y ago"Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container." - Nathan Myhrvold PS: apparently the quote is from 1997, go figure.
- jml7c5 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth's_law
- RachelF 6y agoAn old joke: c - the speed of light, independent of the speed of the observer. w - the speed of Windows, independent of the speed of the hardware.