Programming Quotes
Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing.
-- Rob Pike
Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad.
-- Rob Pike circa 1991
{ajh} I always viewed HURD development like the Special Olympics of free software.
cat came back from Berkeley waving flags
-- Rob Pike
We have persistant(sic) objects, they're called files.
-- Ken Thompson
If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there.
-- ken
The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.
-- ken
A smart terminal is not a smartass terminal, but rather a terminal you can educate.
-- Rob Pike
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
-- Leonardo da Vinci
Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication, which is baffling---the incomprehensible should cause suspicion rather than admiration. Possibly this trend results from a mistaken belief that using a somewhat mysterious device confers an aura of power on the user.
-- Niklaus Wirth
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people's mistakes.
-- David Wheeler
[Like programmers] prostitutes also think they all suck.
And both, programmers and prostitutes, are right: they suck. The big difference is that prostitutes got the term "user-friendly" right.
-- yiyus [http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8y348/my_programming_quotes_file_was_well_received_when/c0aspwo]
Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming. The Ferraris are just gravy, honest!
-- John Carmack
-- Rob Pike
Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad.
-- Rob Pike circa 1991
{ajh} I always viewed HURD development like the Special Olympics of free software.
cat came back from Berkeley waving flags
-- Rob Pike
We have persistant(sic) objects, they're called files.
-- Ken Thompson
If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there.
-- ken
The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.
-- ken
A smart terminal is not a smartass terminal, but rather a terminal you can educate.
-- Rob Pike
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
-- Leonardo da Vinci
Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication, which is baffling---the incomprehensible should cause suspicion rather than admiration. Possibly this trend results from a mistaken belief that using a somewhat mysterious device confers an aura of power on the user.
-- Niklaus Wirth
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people's mistakes.
-- David Wheeler
[Like programmers] prostitutes also think they all suck.
And both, programmers and prostitutes, are right: they suck. The big difference is that prostitutes got the term "user-friendly" right.
-- yiyus [http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8y348/my_programming_quotes_file_was_well_received_when/c0aspwo]
Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming. The Ferraris are just gravy, honest!
-- John Carmack