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  If the operating system is great, then the compiler is great....
• There was once a programmer who worked upon microprocessors.
  Look at how well off I am here," he said to a mainframe programmer who came to visit, "I have my own operating system and file storage device....
• There was once a programmer who was attached to the court of the warlord of Wu.
  The warlord asked the programmer: "Which is easier to desig...
• There was once a programmer who was attached to the court of the warlord Wu.
  The warlord asked the programmer: "Which is easier to desig...
• In the beginning was the Tao. The Tao gave birth to Space and Time.
  Therefore, Space and Time are the Yin and Yang of programming....
• A well-used door needs no oil on its hinges. A swift-flowing steam does no grow stagnant.
  Neither sound nor thoughts can travel through a vacuum....
• A novice asked the master: "In the east there is a great tree-structure that men call 'Corporate Headquarters'.
  It is bloated out of shape with vice-presidents and accountants....
• A master programmer passed a novice programmer one day.
  The master noted the novice's preoccupation with a hand-held computer game....
• The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler.
  The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages....