"Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot."

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Source : Eric S. Raymond (2001). “The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary”, Oreilly & Associates Incorporated

Eric S. Raymond

#Profound Quotes #Enlightenment Quotes #Use Quotes

“Grief, no matter where it comes from, can only be resolved by connecting to other people.”
“Eating is an agricultural act. Eating ends the annual drama of the food economy that begins with planting and birth. Most eaters, however, are no longer aware that this is true. They think of food as an agricultural product, perhaps, but they do not think of themselves as participants in agriculture. They think of themselves as 'consumers.'”
“Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of nature, that you must judge all men as conscientiously as you judge inanimate objects, with the same respect for truth, with the same incorruptible vision, by as pure and as rational a process of identification-that every man must be judged for what he is and treated accordingly...”
“It would nice to live in a world where art can just be art!”
“Stop wishing to merit anyone's gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful.”
“I got a girl named Bony Maronie, she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni.”
“A friend in need is a friend to be avoided.”
“There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.”

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