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Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one instruction, from which, by induction, one can deduce that every program can be reduced to one instruction that doesn't work.
This law belongs with Murphy's Computer Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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