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From one of Jon Bentley's Programming Pearls books, the "Bumper sticker computer science" chapter:

[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 McKeenan
    Wang Institute
This is offered as wisdom for software development..



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