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Atwood's Law

name

Etymology

Coined by American software developer, author, blogger and entrepreneur Jeff Atwood in 2007 (see quotation below).

Definitions

  1. A tongue-in-cheek "law" of software development stating that "any application that can be…

    A tongue-in-cheek "law" of software development stating that "any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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