Greenspun's Tenth Rule of Programming: any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc informally-specified bug-ridden slow implementation of half of Common Lisp.
SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing. - Philip Greenspun
SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing.
- Philip Greenspun
If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel. But I didn't so I slapped it up … - Philip Greenspun
If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel. But I didn't so I slapped it up …
Progress in computer science is made with the distribution of revolutionary software systems and the publication of revolutionary books. We don't nee… - Philip Greenspun
Progress in computer science is made with the distribution of revolutionary software systems and the publication of revolutionary books. We don't nee…
The devil is real. He lives inside C programs. - Philip Greenspun
The devil is real. He lives inside C programs.
I don't myself believe in astrology. However, I think that's because I'm a Libra and Libras are always skeptical. - Philip Greenspun
I don't myself believe in astrology. However, I think that's because I'm a Libra and Libras are always skeptical.
Most people who are rich chose their parents wisely. - Philip Greenspun
Most people who are rich chose their parents wisely.
Frame is a good enough piece of software that there are actually rewards to taking an intelligent and formal approach to your problem. But if you wan… - Philip Greenspun
Frame is a good enough piece of software that there are actually rewards to taking an intelligent and formal approach to your problem. But if you wan…
Everything that I've learned about computers at MIT I have boiled down into three principles: Unix: You think it won't work, but if you find the righ… - Philip Greenspun
Everything that I've learned about computers at MIT I have boiled down into three principles: Unix: You think it won't work, but if you find the righ…
Although the Buddhists will tell you that desire is the root of suffering, my personal experience leads me to point the finger at system administrati… - Philip Greenspun
Although the Buddhists will tell you that desire is the root of suffering, my personal experience leads me to point the finger at system administrati…
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