who said this?

[Harald Kirsch]

Who said?

"Almost every problem in programming can be solved
by another level of indirection."

Any original pointers?

Thanks,
Harald.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Who said?

"Almost every problem in programming can be solved
by another level of indirection."

You did.. At least that is what my
news reader is indicating to me.

What, ..you mean _originally_?
Don't know, don't care.

What has that got to do with Java in
any case?

 

[Tim Ward]

Who said?

"Almost every problem in programming can be solved
by another level of indirection."

Any original pointers?

Wheeler. And it was "computer science", not just "programming", as he did
hardware as well.

At least, that's what they told us at the Cambridge computer lab in the
1970s - Wheeler was still teaching there.

He also invented the subroutine (part of the same idea, really).

 

[Joona I Palaste]

Who said?

"Almost every problem in programming can be solved
by another level of indirection."

Any original pointers?

The full quote should also have: "...except the problem of too many
levels of indirection."

 

[Eric Sosman]

Who said?

"Almost every problem in programming can be solved
by another level of indirection."

Any original pointers?

You probably want a pointer to an original pointer,
or possibly a pointer to a pointer to an original pointer,
or maybe a pointer to a pointer to ...

http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf242

 

[Wendy S]

Wheeler. And it was "computer science", not just "programming", as he did
hardware as well.

Roedy has it as 'design problem' and attributed to Cargill:
http://mindprod.com/unmaindesign.html # 27

 

[Tim Ward]

Roedy has it as 'design problem' and attributed to Cargill:
http://mindprod.com/unmaindesign.html # 27

I'll stick with Wheeler, thanks. Who is Cargill? - was he really doing OO
design in the 1940s?

 

[David Rabinowitz]

According to http://www.acm.ndsu.nodak.edu/quotes/ it was wheeler
allright. and it is "Any problem in computer science can be solved with
another layer of indirection"

David

 

[Tim Ward]

According to http://www.acm.ndsu.nodak.edu/quotes/ it was wheeler
allright. and it is "Any problem in computer science can be solved with
another layer of indirection"

Some people point out that you can leave out the "in computer science", but
religion is OT for this group.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Some people point out that you can leave out the "in computer
science", but religion is OT for this group.

Perhaps the quote from Cargill was more like
a corollary of Wheeler's 'law'.
(and it was #22 on Roedy's page)