One is faced with a dilemma: If one places total trust in all other users, one is vulnerable to the antisocial behavior of any malicious user consider the case of viruses. But if one tries to be totally reclusive and… — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
The number of lines of code a programmer can write in a fixed period of time is the same independent of the language used. — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
The use of the high level language made each programmer a factor of 5 to 10 more productive in a coding sense and more… — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
One is faced with a dilemma: If one places total trust in all other users, one is vulnerable to the antisocial behavior of any… — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
To our dismay, users who had been enduring several hour waits between jobs run under batch processing were suddenly restless when response times were… — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
Design bugs are often subtle and occur by evolution with early assumptions being forgotten as new features or uses are added to systems. — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity has a… — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
The computer field is intoxicated with change. We have seen galloping growth over a period of four decades and it still does not seem… — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
Because one has to be an optimist to begin an ambitious project, it is not surprising that underestimation of completion time is the norm. — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
My definition of elegance is the achievement of a given functionality with a minimum of mechanism and a maximum of clarity. — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
Regardless of whether one is dealing with assembly language or compiler language, the number of debugged lines of source code per day is about… — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
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