Interesting post found via reddit:

WADLER'S LAW OF LANGUAGE DESIGN

In any language design, the total time spent discussing

a feature in this list is proportional to two raised to

the power of its position.

Semantics Syntax Lexical syntax Lexical syntax of comments

(That is, twice as much time is spent discussing syntax

than semantics, twice as much time is spent discussing

lexical syntax than syntax, and twice as much time is

spent discussing syntax of comments than lexical syntax.)