Quote

Of course, C proved indispensible to the developers of all its alternatives. Dig down through enough implementation layers under any of the other languages surveyed here and you will find a core implemented in pure, portable C

Eric S. Raymond

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Eric S. Raymond
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: December 4
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Journalist
Lawyer
Programmer
Software Developer
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Eric Raymond
Eric Steven Raymond
ESR
Courses
Implementation
Course
Developers
Language
Languages
Find
Proved
Enough
Layers
Indispensible
Alternatives
Surveyed
Core
Portable
Pure
Implemented

More quotes by Eric S. Raymond

Image
You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Lisp was far more powerful and flexible than any other language of its day in fact, it is still a better design than most languages of today, twenty-five years later. Lisp freed ITS's hackers to think in unusual and creative ways. It was a major factor in their successes, and remains one of hackerdom's favorite languages.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Software is largely a service industry operating under the persistent but unfounded delusion that it is a manufacturing industry
Eric S. Raymond
Image
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.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Every good work of software starts by scratching a developers personal itch.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Being able to break security doesn't make you a hacker anymore than being able to hotwire cars makes you an automotive engineer.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
The next best thing to having good ideas is recognizing good ideas from your users. Sometimes the latter is better.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
On first blush this looks to be about money, but it is about power. Is power going to go to the information monopolies, or will it go to developers and users?.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
The easiest programs to use are those which demand the least new learning from the user
Eric S. Raymond
Image
And for any agents or proxy of the regime interested in asking me questions face to face, I've got some bullets slathered in pork fat to make you feel extra special welcome.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
If you treat your beta-testers as if they're your most valuable resource, they will respond by becoming your most valuable resource.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity. A language that makes it hard to write elegant code makes it hard to write good code.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Often, the most striking and innovative solutions come from realizing that your concept of the problem was wrong.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Today I am one of the senior technical cadre that makes the Internet work, and a core Linux and open-source developer.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Release early. Release often. And listen to your customers.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Prototype, then polish. Get it working before you optimize it
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around.
Eric S. Raymond
Image
Grovelling is not a substitute for doing your homework.
Eric S. Raymond