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==Definition==
 
==Definition==
 
From [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LazinessImpatienceHubris Programming Perl]:
 
From [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LazinessImpatienceHubris Programming Perl]:
:'''Laziness''': The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving programs that other people will find useful, and document what you wrote so you don't have to answer so many questions about it. Hence, the first great virtue of a programmer, Also hence, this book.
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:'''Impatience''': The anger you feel when the computer is being lazy. This makes you write programs that don't just react to your needs, but actually anticipate them. Or at least pretend to. Hence, the second great virtue of a programmer.
  
 
==Disscussion==
 
==Disscussion==
  
 
==Academites in possesion of==
 
==Academites in possesion of==
*Rob Leicht
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
[[Impatience]]
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*[[Laziness]]
[[Hubris]]
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*[[Hubris]]

Latest revision as of 22:45, 26 December 2004

Definition[edit]

From Programming Perl:

Impatience: The anger you feel when the computer is being lazy. This makes you write programs that don't just react to your needs, but actually anticipate them. Or at least pretend to. Hence, the second great virtue of a programmer.

Disscussion[edit]

Academites in possesion of[edit]

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