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Perlisms – “Epigrams in Programming”

63 pointsby xyzwaveover 2 years ago

7 comments

zwkrtover 2 years ago
Reminds me of the classic laws of spacecraft design<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu&#x2F;akins_laws.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu&#x2F;akins_laws.html</a>
hulituover 2 years ago
&gt; 11. If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.<p>Today this would be: If you have a program with ten libraries, you probably missed some.
chrisweeklyover 2 years ago
&quot;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&quot;<p>Love it.
SnoopDougDougover 2 years ago
My favorite:<p>In theory there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice there is.<p>Benjamin Brewster Yale Literary Magazine, February 1882
ariczover 2 years ago
93. When someone says &quot;I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done,&quot; give him a lollipop.<p>&lt;3
tetris11over 2 years ago
`document.getElementsByTagName(&quot;center&quot;)[0].style = &quot;text-align: left;&quot;`<p>Just to save your eyes
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tempodoxover 2 years ago
Oldie but goldie. Most of these have held up quite well over time.