16: Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.
— Alan Perlis, Epigrams on Programming (1982)
From his 1982 'Epigrams on Programming'.
Topics: software design
16: Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.
— Alan Perlis, Epigrams on Programming (1982)
From his 1982 'Epigrams on Programming'.
Topics: software design