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Perlisms – “Epigrams in Programming”

by xyzwave on 11/22/22, 4:59 AM with 8 comments

  • by zwkrt on 11/22/22, 6:44 AM

    Reminds me of the classic laws of spacecraft design

    https://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html

  • by hulitu on 11/22/22, 9:18 AM

    > 11. If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.

    Today this would be: If you have a program with ten libraries, you probably missed some.

  • by chrisweekly on 11/22/22, 1:25 PM

    "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"

    Love it.

  • by SnoopDougDoug on 11/22/22, 12:50 PM

    My favorite:

    In theory there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice there is.

    Benjamin Brewster Yale Literary Magazine, February 1882

  • by aricz on 11/22/22, 1:13 PM

    93. When someone says "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop.

    <3

  • by tetris11 on 11/22/22, 12:30 PM

    `document.getElementsByTagName("center")[0].style = "text-align: left;"`

    Just to save your eyes

  • by tempodox on 11/22/22, 12:12 PM

    Oldie but goldie. Most of these have held up quite well over time.