A Change of Plan - Lauren Ipsum: A Story About Computer Science and Other Improbable Things - page 83

“Here, let me show you.” Bruto led her to a tent nearby. A small army of people was working
around a table. “First we write the plans on paper.”
BRICK-LINE :
Lay a brick,
move forward,
lay a brick,
move forward,
lay a brick,
move forward,
. . .
“That part makes a LINE of bricks. We stack a bunch of BRICK-LINES on top of each other,
and that's how a wall gets built. To make the wall thicker, we just add more commands.”
BRICK-LINE-VERSION-TWO :
Lay a brick,
lay a brick,
move forward,
lay a brick,
lay a brick,
move forward,
lay a brick,
lay a brick,
move forward,
lay a brick,
lay a brick,
. . .
“Wow, it just goes on and on and on,” said Laurie, flipping through the pages. “It must have
taken forever to write all of this.”
“Big buildings need big plans. Big plans need big teams. It's only logical,” Bruto said. “Writ-
ing the plans wasn't the worst part, though. We're running out of bricks!”
“Really? But why?”