Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-04 Thread Gabriel Laskar
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Jacob Todd wrote: >> Wait a second, why are there no C# quotes? > > sed -e 's/java/c#/i' should do it > > > -- > # Kurt H Maier Is a good quote about C# -- Gabriel Laskar

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-02 Thread Jacob Todd
Good point. On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 05:12:44PM -0500, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Jacob Todd wrote: > > Wait a second, why are there no C# quotes? > > sed -e 's/java/c#/i' should do it > > > -- > # Kurt H Maier > -- Jake Todd // If it isn't broke, tweak it! pgp7b

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-02 Thread Uriel
Maybe nobody cares about C#? It hardly seems worth even making fun of, and as Kurt well points out just going to http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/java and doing a mental s/Java/C#/ should do just fine if you really want quotes about C# uriel On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Jacob Todd wrote: > W

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-02 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Jacob Todd wrote: > Wait a second, why are there no C# quotes? sed -e 's/java/c#/i' should do it -- # Kurt H Maier

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-02 Thread Jacob Todd
Wait a second, why are there no C# quotes? -- Jake Todd // If it isn't broke, tweak it! pgpuRs6Lw3g4z.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Szabolcs Nagy
On 7/1/09, Kris Maglione wrote: > Programming X Windows is like trying to find the square root of Pi > using roman numerals. > --Unknown Henry Spencer

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Uriel
I don't know, but it clearly seems a logical argument that Kris is making. Trying to apply logic and consistency to writing and language is hard, but well worth it. (I'm very bad at it, I might add.) On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:13 AM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Kris Maglion

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Kris Maglione wrote: > Brackets in quoted material signify a change by the by the person doing the > quoting (e.g., "[The commission] was set..." as opposed to "It was set..."). > Parens generally signify parenthetical material added by the original > author. I woul

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Kris Maglione
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 05:54:54PM -0500, Kurt H Maier wrote: either this is a really clever troll or else I'm going to need to know where you heard this the brackets don't affect the meaning of 'sic' in the least Brackets in quoted material signify a change by the by the person doing the quo

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Kris Maglione wrote: > It should be [sic] when you're modifying a quote, (sic) when you're > clarifying your own writing. either this is a really clever troll or else I'm going to need to know where you heard this the brackets don't affect the meaning of 'sic' in t

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Uriel
Interesting, I had (sic) because it is what Boyd had when he sent me the quote years ago, I'm not sure why I removed it at some point. Corrected it now to [sic], although it might be that ken actually did write '(sic)' himself? Ah, the mysteries of quoting combined with the wonders of the English

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Uriel
Nice collection, I added some of them to my collection. The C++ == octopus made by nailing extra legs to a dog is one of the best quotes ever, and is in my C++ page together with many other wonderful C++ quotes ;) http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/ Oh, and the one about X being like calculati

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Kris Maglione
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 03:18:53PM +0200, Uriel wrote: Thanks for the correction, but I think that was a spelling mistake on purpose, I will add (sic). It should be [sic] when you're modifying a quote, (sic) when you're clarifying your own writing. -- Kris Maglione I think conventional lang

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Antoni Grzymala
Kris Maglione dixit (2009-07-01, 15:46): > Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring > aircraft building progress by weight. > --Bill Gates What a pity. -- [a]

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Kris Maglione
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 02:41:04PM +0200, Uriel wrote: lets use this thread to post your favorite programming quotes. C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog. The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases. --Jon Bentley and Doug McIlroy It's a curio

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread hiro
They are not exactly the same. I'm quite sure it was on purpose, you should revert it again, hah. On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Uriel wrote: > Haha, thanks for spotting that, I wonder if it was on purpose :) I > fixed it anyway. > > uriel > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jacob Todd wrote: >>

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Uriel
Haha, thanks for spotting that, I wonder if it was on purpose :) I fixed it anyway. uriel On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jacob Todd wrote: > This is offtopic, but in fortunes.cat-v.org/kernelnewbies, the following quote > is there twice: > > % > "Thanks, and THIS time it really is fixed.  I mean

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread hiro
> Just though I would let you know. Thank you :D

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Jacob Todd
This is offtopic, but in fortunes.cat-v.org/kernelnewbies, the following quote is there twice: % "Thanks, and THIS time it really is fixed. I mean, how many times can we get it wrong? At some point, we just have to run out of really bad ideas.." - Linus Torvalds Just though I would let

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Szabolcs Nagy
On 7/1/09, Uriel wrote: > software philosophy, so take a look and lets use this thread to post > your favorite programming quotes. http://www-pu.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html - Alan J. Perlis http://port70.net/~nsz/24_knuth.txt - Knuth (from turing award lecture) http:

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Uriel
Thanks for the correction, but I think that was a spelling mistake on purpose, I will add (sic). Peace uriel On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Fernan Bolando wrote: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Uriel wrote: >> Just updated my online programming quotes archive, it contains some >> quotes that

Re: [dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Fernan Bolando
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Uriel wrote: > Just updated my online programming quotes archive, it contains some > quotes that in my opinion have inspired much of the 'suckless' > software philosophy, so take a look and lets use this thread to post > your favorite programming quotes. > > http://q

[dev] Programming quotes.

2009-07-01 Thread Uriel
Just updated my online programming quotes archive, it contains some quotes that in my opinion have inspired much of the 'suckless' software philosophy, so take a look and lets use this thread to post your favorite programming quotes. http://quotes.cat-v.org/programming Enjoy uriel