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title: "3 Extensible Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Our ultimate goal is extensible programming. By this, we mean the construction of hierarchies of modules, each module adding new functionality to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/our-ultimate-goal-is-extensible-programming-by-this-we-mean-the/)

[Niklaus Wirth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niklaus-wirth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/niklaus-wirth-16962_construction_our-ultimate-goal-is-extensible-programm_221413.png)

> [EMACS could not have been reached by a process of careful design, because such processes arrive only at goals which are visible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/emacs-could-not-have-been-reached-by-a-process-of-careful-design/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [The fact that used cars is our largest category is a good example. We would not have sat in a conference room…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-whitman/the-fact-that-used-cars-is-our-largest-category-is-a-good-example-we/)

[Meg Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-whitman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/meg-whitman-13170_anticipate_the-fact-that-used-cars-is-our-largest-c_2393375.jpg)

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