"The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it."

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Source : Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie (1988). “C Programming Language”, p.23, Prentice Hall

Dennis Ritchie

#Writing Quotes #Way Quotes #Language Quotes

“I'm kinda stuck in that awkward in-between stage where my hair is just starting to fall out, but I'm still maintaining my youthful acne.”
“I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right.”
“I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing?”
“Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional.....All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle.”
“The result of becoming tolerant towards sin is that we become intolerant towards God and His Word.”
“I'd like to punch out a really old lady. There'd be no repercussions.”
“Despite the high salaries involved, employing economists is a cost-effective way for banks, and stockbrokers to secure exposure in the media.”

Source : "The Death of Economics". Book by Paul Ormerod, 1994.
“In my view, using technology too soon is definitely detrimental to education. I have often used the analogy 'it's like wine-tasting for first-graders'. One can be both a strong advocate of first-graders and wine-tasting, but strongly opposed to wine-tasting for first-graders.”

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