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Re:21 Laws of Computer Programming by run4yourlives on Tuesday June 17, 2008 @02:30PM (#219986)
>It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you enterprise software.

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Re:21 Laws of Computer Programming by jobeirne on Tuesday June 17, 2008 @01:35PM (#219917)
...Laws are supposed to be absolute. Many of these are not absolute.
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Re:21 Laws of Computer Programming by graywh on Tuesday June 17, 2008 @01:19PM (#219898)
I get mixed feelings from this. Some of the "laws" sound like they're trying to be funny, but others a very real.
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Re:21 Laws of Computer Programming by tamersalama on Tuesday June 17, 2008 @05:23PM (#220146)
Probably, you're at an experience level that would make some of them real. Wait for the others to become so :D

I'm in the same crowd.

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Re:21 Laws of Computer Programming by aniketh on Wednesday June 18, 2008 @06:26AM (#220655)
How true. I'm sure the laws will seem funny to people not used to programming...
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Re:21 Laws of Computer Programming by ComputerGuru on Tuesday June 17, 2008 @05:37PM (#220170)
Inside every small program is a large program struggling to get out.

So true!! I've seen tiny self-contained applications turn into huge suites of software that no one - from the developers to the end users - had anticipated.

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