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## Foreword
*Falsehood* articles are a form of commentary on a particular subject, and are
appreciated by the developper community at large for their effectiveness and
appreciated by the developer community at large for their effectiveness and
density. They're a convenient written form to approach an unfamiliar domain by
dispelling myths, point out common pitfalls, show inconsistencies and
subtilities.
subtleties.
They might looks like to some as a suite of wordy unit-tests covering extensive
edge-cases provided by real-world usage.
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this awesome list.
These articles starts with the hypothesis that developers have a naive, simple
view of the subject at hand. Then procceed to list a set of candid assumptions
that might be held by such programmers. Each one is intentionnaly false, and
view of the subject at hand. Then proceed to list a set of candid assumptions
that might be held by such programmers. Each one is intentionally false, and
sometimes illustrated by a counter-example.
A list of falsehood is crafted as a progression that is designed to refine
concepts. Having read the whole list of falsehood, the reader should pocssess a
global, if not complete, overview of the domain being targetted by the article,
concepts. Having read the whole list of falsehood, the reader should possess a
global, if not complete, overview of the domain being targeted by the article,
including most, if not all, its pitfalls, edges-cases and inconsistencies.
### Library
When possible, we provide a list of programming libraries or modules that may
solve, or try to, the complexities and idiosyncracies pointed by the
solve, or try to, the complexities and idiosyncrasies pointed by the
*falsehood* articles above.
### Data structures
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- [Falsehoods programmers believe about time](http://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time) - Seminal article on dates and time.
- [More falsehoods programmers believe about time](http://infiniteundo.com/post/25509354022/more-falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time) - Part. 2 of the article above.
- [Falsehoods programmers believe about time and time zones](http://www.creativedeletion.com/2015/01/28/falsehoods-programmers-date-time-zones.html) - Another takes on time-related falshoods, with an emphasis on time zones.
- [Falsehoods programmers believe about time and time zones](http://www.creativedeletion.com/2015/01/28/falsehoods-programmers-date-time-zones.html) - Another takes on time-related falsehoods, with an emphasis on time zones.
- [Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Time](https://gist.github.com/thanatos/eee17100476a336a711e) - A critique of the first article with a very detailed explanation of each falsehood, adding more context and external resource to the subject.
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- [Falsehoods programmers believe about versions](https://github.com/xenoterracide/falsehoods/blob/master/versions.md)
## Lisense
## License
Content of this repository is licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause
License](LICENSE.md).