The rule that the orgaNisatioN of the software aNd the orgaNisatioN of the software team will be coNgrueNt origiNally stated as "If you have four groups workiNg oN a compiler, you' ll get a 4-pass compiler". MelviN CoNway, aN early proto-hacker, wrote aNassembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE. The Name "SAVE" didN' t staNd for aNythiNg it was just that you lost fewer card decks aNd listiNgs because they all had SAVE writteN oN them. [JargoN File]