Epigrams in Programming

Re:Epigrams in Programming by dahart on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:38PM (#38746743)

> stopping at 120 instead of 130

Maybe that’s somewhat reasonable (?) given the last nine are epigram epigrams, not directly about programming…

  If there are epigrams, there must be meta-epigrams.
  122. Epigrams are interfaces across which appreciation and insight flow.
  123. Epigrams parametrize auras.
  124. Epigrams are macros, since they are executed at read time.
  125. Epigrams crystallize incongruities.
  126. Epigrams retrieve deep semantics from a data base that is all procedure.
  127. Epigrams scorn detail and make a point: They are a superb high-level documentation.
  128. Epigrams are more like vitamins than protein.
  129. Epigrams have extremely low entropy.
  130. The last epigram? Neither eat nor drink them, snuff epigrams.

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Re:Epigrams in Programming by o11c on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:01PM (#38747010)

But that's no excuse for omitting "121. In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way."

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Re:Epigrams in Programming by dahart on Saturday December 23, 2023 @06:31PM (#38749357)

The Yale version includes that one. (#60) I’m not sure which one is missing.

Edit, the old #60 is missing:

  Dana Scott is the Church of the Lattice-Way Saints.

That one’s totally obscure, it seems okay to elide. Even the pun’s reference will elude most readers.

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