Re: compiler writing as a career?

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> [My rule of thumb is that the first 90% of the work takes the first
> 90% of the time, and the other 90% of the work takes the other 90%
> of the time. -John]




I always think of it as Brooks's Law, but the real Brooks's Law
seems to be:


        "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later."


I always thought that the 90% plus 90% quote also came from
Brooks's "Mythical Man Month", but I can't find it there.


Does anyone know the origin of this quote?


The way I remember it is that writing software takes the
first 90% of the time and debugging it takes the second 90%.


-- glen

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