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 an aSSembler 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]
