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Theory and Practice Jason F. Feb 19 2008

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“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.” -Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut

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9 comments so far

Dhrumil 19 Feb 08

Fantastic quote and so spot on.

Jake A. Smith 19 Feb 08

That quote could describe my life.

Robert Fischer 19 Feb 08

I just used a paraphrase of that quote on my blog the other day.

Ross Hill 19 Feb 08

Brilliant.

GeeIWonder 19 Feb 08

Does anyone know for sure (first hand, maybe? Or from a good old fashion publication?) if this attribution is correct? I’ve heard it attributed to Nixon, Yogi Bera, and a whole bunch of theoretical physicists.

Not to argue with wikipedia or anything… but it’d be nice to not propagate misinformation. Or to sleep comfortably knowing I’m not.

d3 19 Feb 08

I understood thiw after months of “face control” in our web-dev company :)

Steven 19 Feb 08

That is OH SO true, especially when you try to create something.

Ivan Stanojevic 19 Feb 08

Theory sure is handy but it has certainly created a lot of trouble in practice for me. I wish they would emphasis this a lot more when you are being taught theory in school.