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A Brief Study: Spoken and Programming Languages

[21 Sep 2009 | 2 Comments]

And now for something completely different. A programming language allows a human to talk to a computer, in the same way that a spoken language allows a human to talk to another human. Now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s consider what programming and spoken languages have in common. The... [More]

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Don’t Bother Rewriting It

[6 Sep 2009 | 4 Comments]

Our current product sucks. The code is so embarrassing I wouldn’t show it my own mother – even she would know it sucks and never wash my laundry for me again. It’s hard to maintain, hell it’s hard to even look at. We can’t easily change it and we don’t have the confidence to try. The average numb... [More]

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