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Archive for March, 2006

“Luck is the residue of design.”

Branch Rickey


“With proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed.”

Dennis Ritchie


“Unix was not designed to stop people from doing stupid things, because that would also stop them from doing clever things. ”

Doug Gwyn


“Encapsulate the concept that varies.”

Erich Gamma, Design Patterns


“Documentation is like sex; when it’s good, it’s very, very good, and when it’s bad, it’s better than nothing.”

Dick Brandon


3.17.06 | Documentation | Permalink

“Good programmers know what’s beautiful and bad ones don’t.”

— D. Gelernter, Machine Beauty


3.16.06 | Art, Programming | Permalink

“Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity.”

D. Gelernter, Machine Beauty


3.15.06 | Art, Programming | Permalink

“Don’t anthropomorphize computers. They don’t like it.”

Anonymous


“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”

Pablo Picasso


“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”

Isaac Asimov


3.12.06 | Computers, Science | Permalink

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