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Epigrams in programming (1982)
- jfarmer 12y agoIf you like this, you'll also like Wiio's laws: https://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/wiio.html https://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/wiio.html
- agumonkey 12y agoThe part of the loss of information at each transformation reminds me of http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html (~compiler correctness)
- nine_k 12y agoOld but gold, and serves a perfect succinct illustration in many cases, a bit like xkcd.
- arh68 12y ago108. Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent. (!?) Simpler times, indeed.
- judk 12y agoHe means when each criticizes each one's own program.
- jeffreyrogers 12y agoThis is really great :) Also, if you're like me, adding `p { text-align: left; }` to the CSS makes this much more readable.
- leoc 12y agoIt would be better to see a page linking these epigrams back to Perlis' fuller expositions of the idea, where such exist (I believe they do in most cases).