Stan Kelly-Bootle quotes
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“Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.”
-- Stan Kelly-Bootle#Funny Inspirational Quotes #Compromise Quotes #Consideration Quotes
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“Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing.”
-- Stan Kelly-BootleSource : Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.44, MIT Press
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“Committee, n.: A group of people that, when given the task of deciding whether to start array indices from either 0 or 1, compromises to declare that they are to start from 0.5.”
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“There are three things a man must do before his life is done; Write two lines in APL, And make the buggers run.”
-- Stan Kelly-BootleSource : Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.12, MIT Press
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“Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter.”
-- Stan Kelly-BootleSource : Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.44, MIT Press
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