Quote #43
"First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming
style. Then forget all that and just hack."
-- George Carrette
"First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming
style. Then forget all that and just hack."
-- George Carrette
Related:
- First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming
style.
Then forget all that and just hack. -- George Carrette... - Live and learn;
die and forget it all... - Atomic Theory: A mythological explanation of the nature of matter,
first proposed by the ancient Greeks, and now thoroughly... - Quote #41
As practiced by computer science, the study of programming is an unholy
mixture of mathematics,
literary criticism, and folklore. -- B. A. Sheil... - We learn through direct experience;
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Computer Science is the first engineering discipline in which the complexity
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and not by the strength of raw materials. -... - Quote #350
"You are caught in a maze of twisty little Sendmail rules,
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in formal systems theory...
From the same category:
- Quote #416
"Entities should not be multiplied without necessity." aka
"Entia non sunt multiplicanda sine necessitate." aka
"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem."
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( while... - Quote #657
What is a decision? It's a tool to remove confusion!
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"Nature has neither kernel nor shell;
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The miracle of the appropriateness of
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