There once was a master programmer who wrote unstructured programs.
A novice programmer, seeking to imitate him, also began to write unstructured
programs. When the novice asked the master to evaluate his progress, the
master criticized him for writing unstructured programs, saying: "What is
appropriate for the master is not appropriate for the novice. You must
understand the Tao before transcending structure."
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"
A novice programmer, seeking to imitate him, also began to write unstructured
programs. When the novice asked the master to evaluate his progress, the
master criticized him for writing unstructured programs, saying: "What is
appropriate for the master is not appropriate for the novice. You must
understand the Tao before transcending structure."
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"
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Yet all who know him consider him one of the best programmers in the world.... - A novice asked the Master: "Here is a programmer that never designs,
documents or tests his programs.
Yet all who know him consider him one of the best programmer in the world.... - A novice asked the Master: "Here is a programmer that never designs,
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Yet all who know him consider him one of the bests programmer in the world.... - A novice programmer was once assigned to code a simple financial
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The novice worked furiously for many days, but when his master reviewed his program, he discovered that it contained a screen editor, a set of generalized graphics routines, and artificial intelligence interface, but not the slightest mention of anything financial.... - Curse these personal computers!" cried the novice in anger, "To make them do
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This is truly intolerable!" The master programmer stared at the novice.... - A novice asked the master: "I have a program that sometimes runs and
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"The Tao is embodied in all software -- regardless of how insignificant,"
said the master.
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