"To be a programmer is to develop a carefully managed relationship with error. There's no getting around it. You either make your accomodations with failure, or the work will become intolerable."

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Source : "The myth of order" by Ellen Ullman, www.wired.com. April 1, 1999.

Ellen Ullman

#Errors Quotes #Programmers Quotes

“The Lord hereby would make us the more acknowledge His hand, and to see that our help is always in Him”

Source : Mary Rowlandson (2014). “Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”, p.7, Diderot Publishing
“I couldn't recommend more that people put themselves in a situation where they can see a lot of work that they admire, and for free.”
“To me, these people were as exotic as animals in a zoo. I'd never seen anything like them. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to be one of them or simply live among them taking notes and photographs.”
“The Vienna Franks are a good example of urban white acid folk revivalism crossed with ska.”
“Itâ€™s the quiet life of obedience that will earn a hearing”
“We're bending the law as far as we can to ban an entirely new class of guns.”
“Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.”
“The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians.”

Source : Sylvia Porter (1976). “Money”

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