English Explanatory Dictionary

Atwood's Law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A tongue-in-cheek "law" of software development stating that "any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript."

Word forms

Atwood's Law

Etymology

Coined by American software developer, author, blogger and entrepreneur Jeff Atwood in 2007 (see quotation below).

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