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		kenrick95 on April 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to be a great software developer Am I missing the point or is there really a mistake in this statement: "Remember, there are only two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming, and off-by-one errors. " ?

simonw on April 22, 2014 | [–]

It's a joke. Claiming two problems and listing three is an off-by-one error.

kenrick95 on April 23, 2014 | | [–]

Ah, now it all makes sense. Thank you for the explanation :)

sockgrant on April 22, 2014 | [–]

It's a joke :)

There's "two" hard problems: blah, blah, and off-by-one errors.

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