It’s All An Excuse

As a thought experiment, I recently looked at various programming methodologies to see if I could find common ground between them.
I looked at the following methodologies:

Scrum
XP
IBM’s Rational Unified Process
The Joel Test

Ideas such as literate programming were ignored from the list, as any of the processes listed above could also be done in conjunction with literate [...]

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Simplicity

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
~ Isaac Newton, "Rules for methodizing the Apocalypse", Rule 9
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O Notation via Calculus

Calculus Via O Notation
In the article “Calculus via O Notation,” Alexandre Borovik transcribes a letter written by Donald Knuth where Knuth describes the idea of calculus in terms of notation. He shows that not only is it possible to use notation in integration and derivation, but that the notation also gives you a [...]

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