The stored-program digital computer has three major attributes: it is fast, it is accurate, and it is stupid. The first two attributes are often used to disguise the third.
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared. - P. J. Plauger
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
- P. J. Plauger
Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off forever. - P. J. Plauger
Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off forever.
If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy. - P. J. Plauger
If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy.
The stored-program digital computer has three major attributes: it is fast, it is accurate, and it is stupid. The first two attributes are often used… - P. J. Plauger
The stored-program digital computer has three major attributes: it is fast, it is accurate, and it is stupid. The first two attributes are often used…
By long-standing tradition, I take this opportunity to savage other designers in the thin disguise of good, clean fun. - P. J. Plauger
By long-standing tradition, I take this opportunity to savage other designers in the thin disguise of good, clean fun.
Where there are two bugs, there is likely to be a third. - P. J. Plauger
Where there are two bugs, there is likely to be a third.
Don't stop with your first draft. - P. J. Plauger
Don't stop with your first draft.
Beyond 100,000 lines of code, you should probably be coding in Ada. - P. J. Plauger
Beyond 100,000 lines of code, you should probably be coding in Ada.
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