Quote #190
Indeed, "brute force" solutions are often characteristic of advanced
cultures, not primitive ones. The Romans and their predecessors spent a long
time figuring out how to build arches... and virtually all our buildings
today use post-and-lintel construction, precisely what the arch was devised
to replace. We have better materials and more money, and given that, arches
are usually not worth the extra complexity.
-- Henry Spencer
Indeed, "brute force" solutions are often characteristic of advanced
cultures, not primitive ones. The Romans and their predecessors spent a long
time figuring out how to build arches... and virtually all our buildings
today use post-and-lintel construction, precisely what the arch was devised
to replace. We have better materials and more money, and given that, arches
are usually not worth the extra complexity.
-- Henry Spencer
Related:
- brute force adj.
Describes a primitive programming style,
one in which the programmer relies on the computer's... - The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of a large,
highly diversified company. "Ten years ago our company... - The real measure of out wealth is how much we'd be worth
if we lost all our money.
John Henry... - Don't build more nukes until we use the ones
we have... - brute force and ignorance: n. A popular design technique at many
software houses -
{brute force} coding unrelieved by any knowledge... - saga n.
[WPI] A cuspy but bogus raving story about N
random broken people.
Here is a classic example of the saga form, as told... - The following is a letter to the editor of the Atticus City newspaper.
"Former Mayor Durant owes an apology to the city of... - One of the questions that comes up all the time is:
How enthusiastic is our support for UNIX? Unix...
