The first step in fixing a broken program is getting it to fail repeatably [on the simplest example possible].

- Tom Duff

Whenever possible, steal code.

- Tom Duff

With diligence it is possible to make anything run slowly.

- Tom Duff

Shared libraries are the work of the devil, the one true sign that the apocalypse is at hand.

- Tom Duff

Nobody really knows what the Bourne shell's grammar is. Even examination of the source code is little help.

- Tom Duff

How many seconds are there in a year? If I tell you there are 3.155 x 10^7, you won't even try to remember it. On the other hand, who could forget th…

- Tom Duff

Don't use hands to do things that can be efficiently done by the computer.

- Tom Duff