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1. CodesInChaos · 1790756737 · focus · HN ↗

   Greenspun's tenth rule of programming:

   > Any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp.

   1. pklausler · 1790790959 · focus · HN ↗

      Someday HN will go 24 hours without seeing this tired old quote, but today is not that day.
   2. deterministic · 1790832138 · focus · HN ↗

      I am soooo tired of that quote. Especially because it’s BS. In 30+ years in the industry, I’ve never seen it happen. Not once. And I’ve never seen anyone demonstrate it convincingly on a real, large-scale commercial project either.

      1. gravifer · 1790961641 · focus · HN ↗

         Huh, really?

         1. deterministic · 1791159808 · focus · HN ↗

            Yes really. Do you have any examples yourself you would like to show?

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