From 204c89c251e43271ddee2ddc2e56a433f7672c31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Silvio Rhatto Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:59:31 -0200 Subject: Suckless: opening citation --- suckless.mdwn | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'suckless.mdwn') diff --git a/suckless.mdwn b/suckless.mdwn index aa28a3d..b5ab371 100644 --- a/suckless.mdwn +++ b/suckless.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,17 @@ [[!meta title="The suckless agenda"]] + Laws of Computer Programming: + 1. Any given program, when running, is obsolete. + 2. Any given program costs more and takes longer. + 3. If a program is useful, it will have to be changed. + 4. If a program is useless, it will have to be documented. + 5. Any given program will expand to fill all available memory. + 6. The value of a program is proportional the weight of its output. + 7. Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of + the programmer who must maintain it. + + -- fortune(6) + # Guiding principles * [Software rot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_rot). -- cgit v1.2.3