《人月神話》第二章的開頭,是一段紐奧良 ANTOINE 餐廳菜單上的一句話:
Good cooking fakes time. If you are made to wait, it is to serve you better, and to please you.
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好菜都得多花些時間準備,為了能讓您享受到更美味、更可口的佳餚,請您務必耐心稍待。
大師 Fred Brooks 用來比喻面對 software project 時,專案經理的 techniques of estimating 不足時更應該有的堅持與反應。