- Quote #1
There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'.
It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohe... - Quote #3
`The appropriate length of a name is inversely proportional to the size of
its scope.
' -- Mark-Jason Dominus (shouldn't it be "proportional" - larger scope, larger name????)... - Quote #4
The princicples of modularity, simplicity, or orthogonality, insofar as they
contribute to overall simplicity, are an excellent means to an end
but as a substitute for simplicity... - Quote #5
Here is a classic example of a language feature which combines danger to the
programmer with difficulty for the implementor.
-- C.A.R. Hoare, "Hints on programming language desig... - Quote #6
The more I ponder the principles of language design, and the techniques
which put them into practice, the more is my amazement and admiration of
ALGOL 60.
Here is a language so fa... - Quote #7
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Rob Pike says: `Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures
and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be
self-evident.
Data structures, no... - Quote #9
[visual basic] als suffers from having to run in the awful windows
environment, where the least provocation can cause one's machine to go
catatonic.
Interprocess communication i... - Quote #10
You are in a twisty little passage of standards, all conflicting.
-- Michael Meissner, meissner@osf....
