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Jon Bentley's classic column "Bumper sticker Computer Science" includes the following bumper stickers:

[Brook's Law of Prototypes] Plan to throw one away, you will anyhow. Fred Brooks, University of North Carolina

If you plan to throw one away, you will throw away two. Craig Zerouni, Computer FX Ltd., London, England

Prototyping cuts the work to produce a system by 40 percent. Larry Bernstein, Bell Communications Research

[Thompson's rule for first-time telescope makers] It is faster to make a four-inch mirror and then a six-inch mirror than to make a six-inch mirror. Bill McKeeman, Wang Institute



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