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Re:Programming as Theory Building (1985) by fsloth on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:46AM (#23376474)
Peter Naur is one of the unsung(?) giants of software. His name should be instantly recognizable.

This is perhaps the best paper ever to explain the nature of collaborative program development and maintenance.

If I had a company I would make this mandatory reading for everybody - everybody, not just programmers.

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Re:Programming as Theory Building (1985) by munichpavel on Monday June 01, 2020 @06:22AM (#23377004)
I am currently leading a topic group at work on code documentation in AI development. I was already planning to skip the lists of dos and don'ts, as well as the usual best practice language, but maybe I should just refer everyone to this gist and Naur ...
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