Category Archives: Quotes

Quotes: Edward Tufte

Posted by on 21/11/2010 No comments

“There are only two indus­tries that refer to their cus­tomers as ‘users’.”

(Edward Tufte)

Quotes: Bjarne Stroustrup

Posted by on 21/11/2010 No comments

“There’s an old story about the per­son who wished his com­puter were as easy to use as his tele­phone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.”

(Bjarne Strous­trup)

Quotes: Marvin Minsky

Posted by on 20/11/2010 No comments

“It’s ridicu­lous to live 100 years and only be able to remem­ber 30 mil­lion bytes. You know, less than a com­pact disc. The human con­di­tion is really becom­ing more obso­lete every minute.”

(Mar­vin Minsky)

Quotes: John Johnson

Posted by on 16/11/2010 No comments

“First, solve the prob­lem. Then, write the code.”

(John John­son)

Quotes: Robert Sewell

Posted by on 16/11/2010 No comments

“If Java had true garbage col­lec­tion, most pro­grams would delete them­selves upon execution.”

(Robert Sewell)

Quotes: Michael Feldman

Posted by on 15/11/2010 No comments

“Java is, in many ways, C++-.”

(Michael Feld­man)