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There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things. -- Phil Karlton
by zitterbewegung 11mo ago
There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.
-- Phil Karlton
- johnnyo 11mo ago“There are only two hard things in computer science. Cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.”
- newswasboring 11mo agoMy favorite form is when someone shouts "concurrency" in the middle of the sentence.
- begueradj 11mo ago"There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors"
- roomey 11mo agoYou forgot the "and off by one errors"
- tracker1 11mo agoYou forgot "Off by one errors."
- javier123454321 11mo agoI would add also hearing this quip every time either of those things come up un conversation.
- __MatrixMan__ 11mo agoI've always wondered if he meant coming up with good names or if he meant ensuring that names, however they're chosen, reliably resolve to the named thing.