21 Laws of Computer Programming

&#62;It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.<p>Ladies and gentlemen, I give you enterprise software.

...Laws are supposed to be absolute. Many of these are not absolute.

I get mixed feelings from this. Some of the "laws" sound like they're trying to be funny, but others a very real.

<i>Inside every small program is a large program struggling to get out.</i><p>So true!! I've seen tiny self-contained applications turn into huge suites of software that no one - from the developers to the end users - had anticipated.