You have to write for your audience. I would never write (1..5).map &'*2' in Java when I could write ListFactoryFactory.getListFactoryFromResource( new ResourceName('com.javax.magnitudes.integers'). setLowerBound(1).setUpperBound(5).setStep(1).applyFunctor( new Functor () { public void eval (x) { return x * 2; } })) I'm simplifying, of course, I've left out the security and logging wrappers. -- Reginald Braithwait
1 - Creativity and innovation always build on the past. 2 - The past always tries to control the creativity that builds on it. 3 - Free societies enable the future by limiting the past. 4 - Ours is less and less a free society. -- Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture.
Since programmers create programs out of nothing, imagination is our only limitation. Thus, in the world of programming, the hero is the one who has great vision. Paul Graham is one of our contemporary heroes. He has the ability to embrace the vision, and to express it plainly. His works are my favorites, especially the ones describing language design. He explains secrets of programming, languages, and human nature that can only be learned from the hacker experience. This book shows you his great vision, and tells you the truth about the nature of hacking. -- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of Ruby
PI seconds is a nanocentury. -- [fact]
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. -- Ken Olson, President, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
Je crois au flooding. -- Karim BAINA (en parlant du dailogue avec les administrations)
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. –Lao Tzu
Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. ~Francis Chan
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey