Rick Cook

Quotes

• “Wiz thought about what it would be like to work with a computer that killed the programmer every time it crashed and shuddered.”
• “It is a pity the universe doesn't use a segmented architecture with a protected mode!”
• “Murphy said, 'Constants aren't', and Murphy was apparently one of the gods of this universe.”
• “He deliberately left them out of the code. After all, he rationalized, this is only version 1.0.”
• “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.”
• “Judith looked at the demons and shook her head. "I'm glad we didn't build four processors. I'm not sure I could take a barbershop quartet!"”

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