"As we said in the preface to the first edition, C "wears well as one's experience with it grows." With a decade more experience, we still feel that way."

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Source : Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie (1988). “C Programming Language”, p.13, Prentice Hall

Brian Kernighan

#Way Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Language Quotes

“The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
“In my heart and soul, I always knew that I wanted to be in show business.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The individual cannot exist on his/her own and the collectivism should respect freedom of conscience. My struggle is about the freedom of thought.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God.”
“For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to music; I'm intending it to not be recited. I'm a singer-songwriter, and I'm a poet, and there really isn't a contradiction, at least for me.”

Source : "Breaking into Song: An Interview with Cornelius Eady". Interview with Alexis Orgera, www.anmly.org.
“Parenting tip: complement your child on something well done when they don't think you are looking!”
“But in college, we can wear our alcohol abuse as proudly as our university sweatshirts; the two concepts are virtually synonymous.”

Source : Koren Zailckas (2006). “Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood”, p.82, Penguin
“At the end of the day, when we measure our healthcare, it will not be by the diseases cured, but by the diseases prevented.”

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