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I am already loving it. "1.2 The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler. The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now their are ten thousand languages. Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao. But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it. "
When Worlds end, The Rest Is Silence of Code.
I used to own the book but left it at my desk when I quit a job in the hope that it would help the next poor victim for the same position. Reading the whole thing, I'm again surprised at how much wisdom is hidden in there. Shouldn't that be: "Time for you to return." though?
I also don't know enough about systems programming to be sure whether RET or LEAVE is the right instruction there :P
I’ve stuggled with 7.1. The shelter a massive enterprise with a sane middle-manager provides can be a beautiful place for innovation and creative freedom. However, the older I’ve become the less corporate bs and re-orgs I’m prepared to live through. Maybe my Tao is slipping...
In the now-more-prescient-than-ever words of Grace Slick:
Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares, they're always changing corporation names