Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site heurikon.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!uwvax!heurikon!jeff From: jeff@heurikon.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Laws of Computer Programming Message-ID: <219@heurikon.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Feb-84 19:00:04 EST Article-I.D.: heurikon.219 Posted: Sun Feb 12 19:00:04 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 06:09:25 EST Organization: Heurikon Corp., Madison WI Lines: 13 I suppose you've probably already seen these, but... 1. Any given program, when running, is obsolete. 2. Any given program costs more and takes longer than planned. 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. Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the programmer who must maintain it. 7. Profanity is the one language all programmers know best. -- /"""\ Jeffrey Mattox, Heurikon Corp, Madison, WI |O.O| {harpo, hao, philabs}!seismo!uwvax!heurikon!jeff (news & mail) \_=_/ ihnp4!heurikon!jeff (mail - fast)