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Eric S. Raymond, born on December 4, 1957, is a renowned programmer with a significant impact on the field of open-source software. He made important contributions to the development of the Linux kernel and is best known for his theoretical contributions to the open-source movement. Raymond's book 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' has had a profound influence on software development models.

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“Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.”

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“Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.”

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Book:The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)”

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Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine time”

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Book:The Art of UNIX Programming

Source: The Art of UNIX Programming

“The central problem of C and C++ is that they require programmers to do their own memory management”

Problem Memories Management Programmers

Author:Eric S. Raymond

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Born: December 4, 1957
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