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		iman on Jan 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Readability and Naming Things "There are only two hard problems in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." -- Phil Karlton

NickPollard on Jan 26, 2011 [–]

I've only heard the version:

"There are only two hard problems in Computer Science: cache invalidation, off-by-one errors and naming things."

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