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		polshaw on Sept 13, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Will Go be the new go-to programming language? Is there a law about people always quoting a law from wikipedia?.. Betteridge, Poe, Godwin, Dunning-Kruger.. it is getting just as old as the terrible blog post titles that provoke them them. This is not really even such a ridiculous proposition, either- certainly worthy of discussion.

mcantelon on Sept 13, 2012 | [–]

Cantelon's Law: if you put someone's name in front of an adage people will feel savvy when they quote it.

agilord on Sept 13, 2012 | | [–]

You shall create a wikipedia page for that, that way we can refer to it :)

trebor on Sept 13, 2012 | [–]

Not that I've heard. But there should be...

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