“Shared libraries are the work of the devil, the one true sign that the apocalypse is at hand.” HandsDevilLibraryApocalypse Author:Tom Duff
“Don't use hands to do things that can be efficiently done by the computer.” DoneUseHandsComputer Author:Tom Duff
“Nobody really knows what the Bourne shell's grammar is. Even examination of the source code is little help.” KnowsLittlesHelpingSourceCodeShellsGrammarExaminationBourneLittle Help Author: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 that, to within half a percent, pi seconds is a nanocentury.” IfsTryingYearsHandsFunnyRememberScienceForgetHalfTechnologyPercentSeconds Author:Tom Duff
“The first step in fixing a broken program is getting it to fail repeatably [on the simplest example possible].” FirstsStepsLearningFailingExampleBrokenProgramProgrammingFirst StepsSimplestFixingComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesComputer Language Author:Tom Duff
“With diligence it is possible to make anything run slowly.” RunningProgrammingDiligence Author:Tom Duff
