SAC.55SRW-LGS@E.ISI.EDU (02/06/89)
Got this from an e-mail buddy and systems analyst in Ohio:
If builders built buildings the way programmers write
programs, the first woodpecker to come along would have destroyed
Civilization!
Hope this starts a brief, but enjoyable, seasonable roll.
Regards,
Godfrey Danielskarl@ficc.uu.net (karl lehenbauer) (02/07/89)
In article <[E.ISI.EDU].5-Feb-89.10:38:26.SAC.55SRW-LGS>, SAC.55SRW-LGS@E.ISI.EDU writes: > Got this from an e-mail buddy and systems analyst in Ohio: > If builders built buildings the way programmers write > programs, the first woodpecker to come along would have destroyed > Civilization! Software entities are more complex for their size than perhaps any other human construct because no two parts are alike. If they are, we make the two similar parts into a subroutine -- open or closed. In this respect, software systems differ profoundly from computers, buildings, or automobiles, where repeated elements abound. - Fred Brooks, Jr. -- -- uunet!ficc!karl "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious -- karl@ficc.uu.net encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." -- Justice Louis O. Brandeis
jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) (02/10/89)
SAC.55SRW-LGS@E.ISI.EDU (Godfrey Daniels) writes: > If builders built buildings the way programmers write > programs, the first woodpecker to come along would have destroyed > Civilization! This is known as "Zymurgy's Second Law of Programming." Check out the Murphy's Law books for this and other quotable laws. Jonathan A. Chandross ARPA: jac@paul.rutgers.edu UUCP: rutgers!jac@paul.rutgers.edu
peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (02/11/89)
If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, Jolt would be a fortune-500 company. If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, you'd be able to buy a nice little colonial split-level at Babbages for $34.95. If programmers wrote programs the way builders build buildings, we'd still be using autocoder and running compile decks. One man's perspective is another man's Superbowl 3-d. -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Work: uunet.uu.net!ficc!peter, peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. `-_-' Home: bigtex!texbell!sugar!peter, peter@sugar.uu.net. 'U` Opinions may not represent the policies of FICC or the Xenix Support group.