Notes on software
Programming is like sex, one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. -Michael Sinz
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a “DestroyBaghdad” procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a “DestroyCity” procedure, to which “Baghdad” could be given as a parameter. -Nathaniel S. Borenstein
640kb ought to be enough for anyone. -Bill Gates
The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim. -Edsger Dijkstra
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Computers zijn waardeloos. Ze kunnen je alleen maar antwoorden geven.
(Pablo Picasso)
Today, most software exists, not to solve a problem, but to interface with other software
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.