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There are only two hard problems in Computer Science: Cache invalidation, and naming things.
by quarterto 14y ago
There are only two hard problems in Computer Science: Cache invalidation, and naming things.
- quarterto 14y agoAnd off-by-one errors.
- 46Bit 14y agoOff-by-one errors only affect good programmers. Otherwise you just add enough of such errors that all the under- and over-summing cancels out. 7 years ago, when I was a new programmer, I did use a technique like that to fix some JavaScript. I feel brave confessing that.
- evolve2k 14y agoJust I case FYI: the off by one errors is part of the joke of the statement.
- valentinu 14y agoThe reference: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html