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“I can name that code in 3 lines”

October 5, 2008

I gen­er­ally hate post­ing meme/quiz/test results, but thought this one was worth it…

I had to guess on the Ruby, For­tran, and COBOL, but am con­fi­dent I got the rest correct.

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Why programs that should be simple often aren’t

September 25, 2007

Program­mers… often take refuge in an under­stand­able, but dis­as­trous, incli­na­tion towards com­plex­ity and inge­nu­ity in their work. For­bid­den to design any­thing larger than a pro­gram, they respond by mak­ing that pro­gram intri­cate enough to chal­lenge their pro­fes­sional skill.
Michael A. Jack­son, Prin­ci­ples of Pro­gram Design, 1975

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