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Session

Sufficiently Advanced Technologies
Damian Conway, Thoughtstream

Track: Perl
Date: Friday, July 30
Time: 10:45am - 11:30am
Location: Salon E

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In module design, interface is everything. Going one step beyond this dictum, Conway demonstrates and explains several practical applications of Clarke’s Law ("Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic") by presenting a series of useful modules whose interface is...nothing.


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