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it’s just an if-statement expression or saying

Satirical take on people who expect software to perform miracles without having the first idea of what’s involved

Example

Developer: We could do that, but it would delay the project by 6 months
Client: What?! It’s just an if-statement…

Origin

From Mark’s PW friend Nick M who had been on the developer end of the discussion more than once

Collector

Mark – 1980s
Mark Iliff – owner

Notes

Statements along the lines of:
if { this is the case } then { do this }
…are a cornerstone of software

Submitted: 30/11/2023 by Mark

any thoughts?

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