December 2010
8 posts
“I believe in Spinoza’s God, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of all...”
– Albert Einstein (via Trivium)
“When I started, the computer classes were part of the applied- math department....”
– Peter Norvig (in Coders at Work, p. 290)
“At SGI, the kernel, of course, was where the real programmers with chest hair...”
– Brendan Eich (in Coders at Work, p. 140-141)
“Yet there’s often a tension between small, elegant jewels and sprawling,...”
– Peter Seibel (in Coders at Work, p. 101)
“Observe that for the programmer, as for the chef, the urgency of
the patron may...”
– Fred Brooks (in The Mythical Man-Month)
“If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.”
– Jean-Paul Sartre
“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I...”
– Albert Camus
“I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as...”
– R. Feynman