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| Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names (kalzumeus.com) | ||
| recommended by 3 users | 2010 | 176 points by philwelch | software design | original thread | | ||
| 3 users recommended this thread. What they said: |
| wglb Jun 19, 2010 | on: What Not To Write On Your Security Clearance Form | context |
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lostlogin Nov 9, 2019 | on: My name causes an issue with any booking | context
I’ll add the HN thread from that here too. That link of yours is very good. |
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inopinatus Sep 8, 2020 | on: A bank security check that leaves you guessing your own name | context
It's never wrong to review that famous and ever-relevant essay, Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names, and for which there has been oodles of prior discussion on this forum: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1438472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12450825 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21492464 Original at https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-... |
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This is a bit along the lines of Patrick's marvelous post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1438472