Harlan Mills quotes
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“The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs can't acquire bugs by sitting around with other buggy programs.”
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“An interactive debugger is an outstanding example of what is not needed - it encourages trial-and-error hacking rather than systematic design, and also hides marginal people barely qualified for precision programming.”
-- Harlan Mills
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“When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.”
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“Well-roundedness comes not from sitting in a classroom but from experiencing the larger world.”
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Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Source : "The Heart of Things".
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