Not original to me, as a quick search on "two hardest problems in computer science" would verify.
Also, it looks like I mutilated it -- I should have said "caching" rather than "garbage collection". Oh well... -- Raul On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: >> That said, I'd keep in mind that the *two* hardest problems in >> programming are naming things, garbage collection and off-by-one >> errors. > > Good one. :-) > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I do not have any specific details on this issue. >> >> My impression was that this was a fairly informal process, (though >> probably influenced by writeups of other people's work on related >> subjects). >> >> It might be an interesting "treasure hunt" to find formal papers that >> use these words, or similar words, to describe similar concepts. >> >> That said, I'd keep in mind that the two hardest problems in >> programming are naming things, garbage collection and off-by-one >> errors. >> >> -- >> Raul >> >> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Steven Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> > is there a reason why the words "bond", "compose", "atop", "at" and "key" >> > were chosen? Is there a naming context, or a natural language example to >> > give a sense of how these words came to represent these ideas? >> > >> > For the most part, I think I understand what these verbs and conjunctions >> > do... it's just that I don't have a story behind them in the same way as >> I >> > might for something like boxing. i.e. >> > >> > real world places where you immediately apply the inverse of a preceding >> > function after doing an operation along the line of boxing (something >> that >> > I read that Ken asked once). Examples of this: >> > >> > - open fridge door, get milk, close fridge door >> > - surgeon: make incision, do operation, stitch up >> > >> > following up on some of these words. Here's what I got out of the oed >> > earlier: >> > >> > key: b. intr. Of a plant or animal: to be identified or assigned to a >> > particular taxon by the use of a key. Usu. with out. >> > >> > Any clues appreciated. >> > >> > thanks, >> > -Steven T. >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
