Discarded wit

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I’m writing some stuff about creating your own programming language at the moment. As I write I find things that I quite like, but aren’t really suitable for publication. Good thing I’ve got the blog then….

  • Bottom-up design: Start with the low level functions and build on them.

  • Bottoms-up design: Start by getting very drunk and writing some random code

  • Bottom-down design: Just get more and more depressed about what you are trying to do

  • Bottom-out design: Hope that things won’t get any worse.

  • Top-down design: start with the big picture and then break it down into chunks to build a map of your solution. Then create each chunk.

  • Top-up design: find a coffee place that does free refills and then keep drinking caffeine until inspiration strikes or you have a seizure.

  • Top-trumps design: forget about writing software and spend your time playing card games from your childhood.