On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Derek Smithies wrote:
9. A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
All programs have Bugs. All programs can be be shortened by one line. Apply these statements iteratively and you get... All programs can be shortened to one line that doesn't work.
11. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want to do.
I really hate this damn machine,
I wish that they would sell it.
I never does quite what I want,
But only what I tell it.
(Ancient Rhyme from Mainframe days)There was a matching one about "If this machine is so slow when it's working, how will I know when it's dead?" Which I have forgotten, and alas, so has the 'net.
Never let a computer know you're in a hurry.
I have noticed our printers all have meeting detectors.
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Refactorers do it a little better every time.
