Cowsay #966

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/ A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a          \
| strings of pearls.  The spirit and intent of the program should be retained    |
| throughout.  There should be neither too little nor too much, neither needless |
| loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming        |
| rigidity.                                                                      |
| A program should follow the 'Law of Least Astonishment'.  What is this         |
| law?  It is simply that the program should always respond to the user in the   |
| way that astonishes him least.                                                 |
| A program, no matter how complex, should act as a single unit.  The            |
| program should be directed by the logic within rather than by outward          |
| appearances.                                                                   |
| If the program fails in these requirements, it will be in a state of           |
| disorder and confusion.  The only way to correct this is to rewrite the        |
| program.                                                                       |
\ -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"                                    /
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