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laws of computer programming

• any given program, when running, is obsolete.
• if a program is useless, it will have to be documented.
• if a program is useful, it will have to be changed.
• any program will expand to fill all available memory.
• the value of a program is proportional to the weight of its output.
• program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the programmer to maintain it.
• make it possible for programmers to write in english and you will find that programmers cannot write in english.

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