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I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors tried to keep tight control, and consequent ill fate

Dennis Ritchie's Popular Quotes

Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.

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Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks.

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

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I'm still uncertain about the language declaration syntax.

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Pretty much everything on the web uses those two things: C and UNIX.

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A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do

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C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.

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UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

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C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.

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