Do the simplest thing that could possibly work

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Nate and I dreamed up this list this morning:

Different programming languages’ approaches to “Do the simplest thing that could possibly work.“

perl: Do the simplest thing that no one can read.

C: Do the simplest thing that could possibly compile.

java: Just extend SimpleNamingSchemeWithAllNounsNameContainer.

C#: Do it in Java, only don’t suck as badly doing it.

python: Do it the only way that you can possibly write it.

COBOL: Do the simplest thing that no one alive today can maintain.

lua: Let’s take our application and embed Lua in it, then write an interpreter for a new domain-specific language in Lua and write our new feature in *that* language. Simple!

Got any others? Feel free to add them here!

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  • savanik
    FORTRAN: Do the simplest thing and prove it mathematically.

    BASIC: Do the simplest thing you can understand.
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