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Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.
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(February 1995). "A Plea for Lean Software". Computer 28 (2): pp. 64-68. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.
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Variation: Software is decelerating faster than hardware is accelerating.
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aka "Wirth's law"

 

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