"More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity."

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Source : "A Case Against the GOTO," Proceedings of the 25th National ACM Conference, (pp. 791-797), August 1972.

William Wulf

#Names Quotes #Stupidity Quotes #Sin Quotes

“As always, an educated woman was a dangerous woman.”
“I've always been into monsters.”
“I want to be a tuneswept fiddle string that feels the master melody, and snaps...”
“The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected.”

Source : "McConnell: GOP Plans To Stop 'Liberal Onslaught'". "All Things Considered" with David Welna, www.npr.org. November 4, 2010.
“With the passing of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the colour of blood and in the salt of tears, and, as if that were not enough, we made our eyes into a kind of mirror turned inwards, with the result that they often show without reserve what we are verbally trying to deny.”
“I'm on a lot of airplanes, so I just sip on red wine thinking of stupid ideas and, when I think of it, I wanna make it happen.”

Source : "Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera Interview JACKASS 3D". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 12, 2010.
“I don't think anything of Laura Frank. You heard me - Laura Frank. Not Lawrence. Laura... It's not that I blame him, I just wish he'd go to a manly tactic and just fight me. Don't whine. When he whines, that's when I change his name of Lawrence Frank.”
“When you are 20 years old, you are immature.”

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