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The laws of computing
The Laws of Computing.....
First law - The Computer is always right.
Lemma one - Programmers are occasionally right.
Second law - The amount of time needed to debug a program is
inversely proprotional to the time allotted for
debugging.
Corollary - Programs never work the first time unless there is
virtually unlimited time to complete the program.
Third law - Any programmer can find 90% of his bugs simply by
explaining his program to an uninterested observer.
Corollary - The uninterested observer may be sleeping, dead,
nonhuman, or, in extreme cases, nonexistant.
Fourth law - The most difficult or nearly impossible programming
problems appear obvious or extremely simple to anyone
with little or no knowledge of programming.
Corollary - Those problems most easily solved by a programmer
appear to be overwhelmingly complicated and marvelous to
the layman.
Fifth law - Computers are never more intelligent than their
programmers.
Corollary - Most computers are incredibly stupid.
Sixth law - The rarest bugs in any operating system or major
programming effort will always show up in a demonstration
of its use to prospective users or customers.
Corollary - These bugs usually cannot be reproduced and therfore
cannot be located.
Lemma one - Customers will never purchase programs which appear to
be riddled with bugs as verified by demonstration.
Paradox - Most programs are unfit for sale.
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