in reply to Quest: Compiling aphorisms

"The last bug is fixed when the last user retires the program."

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Re^2: Quest: Compiling aphorisms
by Joost (Canon) on Mar 16, 2005 at 23:03 UTC
Re^2: Quest: Compiling aphorisms
by hardburn (Abbot) on Mar 16, 2005 at 18:57 UTC

    I've heard basically the same one, but with a twist. I'm not sure who to attribute it to, but I think it was one of the various "Klingon Programmer" lists around the web.

    The program isn't finished until the last user is dead.

    "There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.