CONWAY'S LAW
\kˈɒnwe͡ɪz lˈɔː], \kˈɒnweɪz lˈɔː], \k_ˈɒ_n_w_eɪ_z l_ˈɔː]\
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The rule that the organisation of thesoftware and the organisation of the software team will becongruent; originally stated as "If you have four groupsworking on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler".Melvin Conway, an early proto-hacker, wrote an assembler forthe Burroughs 220 called SAVE. The name "SAVE" didn't standfor anything; it was just that you lost fewer card decks andlistings because they all had SAVE written on them.
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).