"The problem with using C++ ... is that there's already a strong tendency in the language to require you to know everything before you can do anything."

-- Larry Wall

#Strong Quotes #Language Quotes #Problem Quotes

“Horizontal and vertical sprawl... are the dinosaurs of an ending fossil-fuel age of synthetic culture.”
“Your best teacher is your last mistake.”
“I have discovered that there are two types of command interfaces in the world of computing: good interfaces and user interfaces.”

Source : "The qmail security guarantee" by Daniel J. Bernstein, cr.yp.to.
“What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank.”
“Year after year, we have had to explain from mid-year onwards why the global growth rate has been lower than predicted as little as two quarters back. This pattern of disappointment and downward revision sets up the first, and the basic, challenge on the list of issues policymakers face in moving ahead: restoring growth, if that is possible.”
“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.”
“If you want to inspire the world, first inspire yourself.”
“Contemporary poets are skeptical and suspicious even, or perhaps especially, about themselves. They publicly confess to being poets only reluctantly, as if they were a little ashamed of it. But in our clamorous times it's much easier to acknowledge your faults, at least if they're attractively packaged, than to recognize your own merits, since these are hidden deeper and you never quite believe in them yourself.”

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