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Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a
time.
Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a
time.
Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end
of the tunnel is the read more
Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end
of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
Allen's Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.
Allen's Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.
A free agent is anything but.
A free agent is anything but.
A real person has two reasons for doing anything . . . a good
reason and the real reason.
A real person has two reasons for doing anything . . . a good
reason and the real reason.
Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not
entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the read more
Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not
entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you
shouldn't have asked the question.
A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until
the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.
A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until
the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.
Accuracy, Rule of: When working toward the solution of a
problem, it always helps if you know the answer.
Accuracy, Rule of: When working toward the solution of a
problem, it always helps if you know the answer.
All real programs contain errors until proved otherwise which is
impossible.
All real programs contain errors until proved otherwise which is
impossible.