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The (1982) seems legit, at least for the collection. However, the Yale site is incomplete, stopping at 120 instead of 130. Canonical location is https://doi.or

by o11c 3y ago

The (1982) seems legit, at least for the collection. However, the Yale site is incomplete, stopping at 120 instead of 130. Canonical location is https://doi.org/10.1145/947955.1083808 https://doi.org/10.1145/947955.1083808 leads to https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/947955.1083808 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/947955.1083808 (preview page, incomplete and not text-selectable), PDF link https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/947955.1083808 https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/947955.1083808 is seems to have text data though? https://web.archive.org/web/20180827170243/http://thecorememory.com:80/Epigrams_on_Programming.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20180827170243/http://thecoremem... is a reformatted text PDF of the full version, and https://web.archive.org/web/20230127130734/http://pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230127130734/http://pu.inf.uni... is a full HTML version, which only went offline this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigrams_on_Programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigrams_on_Programming

dahart 3y ago
> stopping at 120 instead of 130 Maybe that’s somewhat reasonable (?) given the last nine are epigram epigrams, not directly about programming… If there are epigrams, there must be meta-epigrams. 122. Epigrams are interfaces across which appreciation and insight flow. 123. Epigrams parametrize auras. 124. Epigrams are macros, since they are executed at read time. 125. Epigrams crystallize incongruities. 126. Epigrams retrieve deep semantics from a data base that is all procedure. 127. Epigrams scorn detail and make a point: They are a superb high-level documentation. 128. Epigrams are more like vitamins than protein. 129. Epigrams have extremely low entropy. 130. The last epigram? Neither eat nor drink them, snuff epigrams.
- o11c 3y ago
  But that's no excuse for omitting "121. In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way."
  - dahart 3y ago
    The Yale version includes that one. (#60) I’m not sure which one is missing. Edit, the old #60 is missing: Dana Scott is the Church of the Lattice-Way Saints. That one’s totally obscure, it seems okay to elide. Even the pun’s reference will elude most readers.
dang 3y ago
Thanks! I added that last link to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38751846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38751846, and the year to the title.

by o11c 3y ago

dahart 3y ago

> stopping at 120 instead of 130 Maybe that’s somewhat reasonable (?) given the last nine are epigram epigrams, not directly about programming… If there are epigrams, there must be meta-epigrams. 122. Epigrams are interfaces across which appreciation and insight flow. 123. Epigrams parametrize auras. 124. Epigrams are macros, since they are executed at read time. 125. Epigrams crystallize incongruities. 126. Epigrams retrieve deep semantics from a data base that is all procedure. 127. Epigrams scorn detail and make a point: They are a superb high-level documentation. 128. Epigrams are more like vitamins than protein. 129. Epigrams have extremely low entropy. 130. The last epigram? Neither eat nor drink them, snuff epigrams.

o11c 3y ago
But that's no excuse for omitting "121. In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way."
- dahart 3y ago
  The Yale version includes that one. (#60) I’m not sure which one is missing. Edit, the old #60 is missing: Dana Scott is the Church of the Lattice-Way Saints. That one’s totally obscure, it seems okay to elide. Even the pun’s reference will elude most readers.

dang 3y ago

Thanks! I added that last link to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38751846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38751846, and the year to the title.