4 ms·
The Devil's Dictionary of Programming
- gordonguthrie 13y agoA DSL - where code is written in one language and errors in another - so bitterly true... :(
- tel 13y agoExcepting when the DSL designers neglected to include errors at all.
- discreteevent 13y agoAs Dave Thomas (of OTI not pragprog) said: It's no good unless you can debug at the level of the abstraction.
- patrickmay 13y ago"framework — A product with the business logic removed, but all of the assumptions left in." That made it worth reading all by itself.
- mattschmulen 13y agomy personal fav " hackday — A competition where the entry fee is sleep deprivation and the prize is vendor lock in"
- jleader 13y agoNo hat-tip to Stan Kelly-Bootle's "Devil's DP Dictionary"?
- jason_slack 13y agoThank you so much for the laugh!
- artificialidiot 13y agoA more accurate title would be "The Devil's Dictionary of Silicon Valley".