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- noun software, design Initialism of
principle of least astonishment .
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Examples
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The film stars Laurent Lucas POLA X, WITH A FRIEND LIKE HARRY as Marc Stevens, a singer-for-hire who works the Belgian provinces out of the back of a van and is by all outward appearances as dull as his stage name.
In the eye abides the heart Arbogast 2008
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JA.ES A. MICHENER POLA.D Though the Poles were doomed to live in the battle - ground of Eastern Europe and to fight in many historic conflicts, they were as robust and zestful in the pursuit of pleasure and grandeur as they were valiant in war - fare.
Poland Michener, James 1983
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Programmer is driven toward increasingly more modular, encapsulating OO designs that happen to implement POLA; ultimately compelled to build systems with defense in depth to avoid work.
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Programmer is driven toward increasingly more modular, encapsulating OO designs that happen to implement POLA; ultimately compelled to build systems with defense in depth to avoid work.
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We show how laziness in that first example enabled enforcement of POLA.
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To achieve maximum laziness, the Lazy Programmer is driven toward increasingly more modular, encapsulating OO designs that happen to implement POLA; ultimately compelled to build systems with defense in depth to avoid work.
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We show how laziness in that first example enabled enforcement of POLA.
WN.com - Articles related to How coffee breaks make staff work harder 2010
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We show how laziness in that first example enabled enforcement of POLA.
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Principle of Least Authority (POLA), and explain why it is a best practice for secure programming.
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We then define the Principle of Least Authority (POLA), and explain why it is a best practice for secure programming.
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