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Re:Perlisms – “Epigrams in Programming” by zwkrt on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @01:44AM (#33702824)
Reminds me of the classic laws of spacecraft design

https://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html

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Re:Perlisms – “Epigrams in Programming” by hulitu on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @04:18AM (#33703727)
> 11. If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.

Today this would be: If you have a program with ten libraries, you probably missed some.

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Re:Perlisms – “Epigrams in Programming” by tempodox on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @07:12AM (#33704907)
Oldie but goldie. Most of these have held up quite well over time.
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Re:Perlisms – “Epigrams in Programming” by tetris11 on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @07:30AM (#33705037)
`document.getElementsByTagName("center")[0].style = "text-align: left;"`

Just to save your eyes

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Re:Perlisms – “Epigrams in Programming” by jiriro on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @08:09AM (#33705333)
Reader mode will do.
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Re:Perlisms – “Epigrams in Programming” by SnoopDougDoug on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @07:50AM (#33705189)
My favorite:

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice there is.

Benjamin Brewster Yale Literary Magazine, February 1882

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Re:Perlisms – “Epigrams in Programming” by aricz on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @08:13AM (#33705373)
93. When someone says "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop.

<3

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Re:Perlisms – “Epigrams in Programming” by chrisweekly on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @08:25AM (#33705485)
"Re graphics: A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures"

Love it.

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