The woodpecker quotation was circulating under the name “Weinberg’s Law” by 1975.

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"The woodpecker quotation was circulating under the name “Weinberg’s Law” by 1975."

Quote Investigator traces the earliest located appearance to a 1975 publication where the saying was explicitly labeled Weinberg’s Law; a 1978 source later attributed it to Gerald Weinberg.

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Source title Quote Origin: If Builders Built Buildings the Way Programmers Wrote Programs, Then the First Woodpecker That Came Along Would Destroy Civilization

Source authors Garson O’Toole

Source year 2019

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