Shakespeare's Law of Prototyping

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3 total messages Started by Greg Burley Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:57

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Author: Greg Burley
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:57

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Shakespeare's Law of Prototyping
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O, throw away the worser part of it,
And live the purer with the other half.

             Hamlet III, iv, 156-160.





[Many thanks to L Ward <lward@husc11.harvard.edu> for
 providing the reference from CD-ROM]


...../Greg B

Re: Shakespeare's Law of Prototyping

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Author: Fogbound Child
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:49

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Then, of course, there's Shakespeare's famous C-programmer. A fellow by
the name of Macbeth.

You know, Thane of Cawdor. The guy who said:

     "...we but teach Bloody Instructions, which, being taught,
         return to plague th' inventor." (I, viii)


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Re: Shakespeare's Law of Prototyping

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Author: Jim Garner
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:21

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sgoldste@aludra.usc.edu (Fogbound Child) writes:

|Then, of course, there's Shakespeare's famous C-programmer. A fellow by
|the name of Macbeth.
|     "...we but teach Bloody Instructions, which, being taught,
|         return to plague th' inventor." (I, viii)

Shakespeare must have been talking about C when Falstaff says:
  "O, thou hast damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a
saint." - Henry IV Part 1, Act 1 Scene 2.

-- 
Jim Garner B.Math (Newcastle NSW Australia) - jimgar@scorch.apana.org.au

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