At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler
Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20. - Dennis Ritchie
Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.
- Dennis Ritchie
Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks. - Dennis Ritchie
Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks.
... with proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed. - Dennis Ritchie
... with proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed.
Pretty much everything on the web uses those two things: C and UNIX. - Dennis Ritchie
Pretty much everything on the web uses those two things: C and UNIX.
A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do - Dennis Ritchie
A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do
I'm still uncertain about the language declaration syntax. - Dennis Ritchie
I'm still uncertain about the language declaration syntax.
C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success. - Dennis Ritchie
C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.
C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around. - Dennis Ritchie
C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - Dennis Ritchie
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
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