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Wirth's law

computing adage popularized by Niklaus Wirth that that software gets slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster
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Instance of
adage, Epigrammatic law[2]
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Named after
Niklaus Wirth[3]
Partially coincident with
Jevons paradox[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Page's law en Wirth's law ar قانون ويرث de Wirth-Gesetz de Wirthsches Gesetz es Ley de Wirth fi Wirthin laki fr Loi de Wirth he חוק וירת hu Wirth-törvény it Legge di Wirth ja ヴィルトの法則 ko 비르트의 법칙 nl Wet van Wirth pl Prawo Wirtha pt Lei de Wirth ru Закон Вирта ru Закон Пейджа uk Закон Вірта uk Закон Гейтса
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adage
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Niklaus Wirth
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Jevons paradox
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Summary

Wirth's law is an adage[1].

Related Entities

Niklaus Wirth

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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