Comments on Bill the Lizard: Bylaws of Programming and Technology

Hmmm...Page's Law seems suspiciously similar t...

2009-06-05T20:44:05.216-04:00

Hmmm...Page's Law seems suspiciously similar to Gates's Law. I call shenanigans.

Page's Law: http://valleywag.gawker.com/527230...

2009-06-05T17:31:35.675-04:00

Page's Law: http://valleywag.gawker.com/5272300/pages-law-is-google-founders-next+best-shot-at-immortality

Josh, Thanks for the report link. It looks like a...

2009-06-05T09:24:27.917-04:00

Josh,
Thanks for the report link. It looks like an interesting read. I'll have a look at it this weekend.

Timm, Thanks for the link. I noticed 2 or 3 of th...

2009-06-05T09:20:28.891-04:00

Timm,
Thanks for the link. I noticed 2 or 3 of the quotes are already on my list. I'll have to search for the others to see if I can find who said them and maybe add a few to this list.

Regarding Gates, Wirth, and Moore, I found
2009-06-05T09:17:13.590-04:00
Regarding Gates, Wirth, and Moore, I found "Spending Moore's Dividend" to be a very interesting (and surprisingly charitable) explanation of why things keep getting slower.

Very clever how you compiled famous laws from many...

2009-06-05T09:10:53.047-04:00

Very clever how you compiled famous laws from many different leaders in computer science and engineering.

There were a few I've never heard of. This is my favorite, since it seems to apply well to my programming career:

Hofstadter's Law - "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."

You may also enjoy these 21 Laws of Computer Programming.

Thanks, John. When I buy a new PC every two years...

2009-06-05T08:25:50.104-04:00

Thanks, John. When I buy a new PC every two years or so, I'm rudely reminded that those two are more than enough to cancel out Moore.

Nice post. Here's a case study illustrating Gates's Law and Wirth's Law.