Language Quotes by Erik Naggum

8 Language quotes by Erik Naggum

Erik Naggum’s language musings feel like a well‑written code comment—precise, witty, and loaded with insider nuance. Eight brief passages reveal his knack for blending technical depth with clever phrasing.

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I have a cat, so I know that when she digs her very sharp claws into my chest or stomach it's really…

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C++ is a language strongly optimized for liars and people who go by guesswork and ignorance.

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Languages shape the way we think, or don't.

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I believe C++ instills fear in programmers, fear that the interaction of some details causes unpredictable results. Its unmanageable complexity has spawned…

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Contrary to the foolish notion that syntax is immaterial, people optimize the way they express themselves, and so express themselves differently with…

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It's not that Perl programmers are idiots, it's that the language rewards idiotic behavior in a way that no other language or…

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C is not clean – the language has many gotchas and traps, and although its semantics are simple in some sense, it…

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You become a serious programmer by going through a stage where you are fully aware of the degree to which you know…

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Structure is nothing if it is all you got. Skeletons spook people if they try to walk around on their own. I really wonder…

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The only important property of evils of the past is that they not be repeated in the future, in any way, shape, or form.

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Some people are little more than herd animals, flocking together whenever the world becomes uncomfortable … I am not one of those people. If…

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They don't make poles long enough for me want to touch Microsoft products, and I don't want any mass-marketed game-playing device or Windows appliance…

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Ignoring for a moment the power of the American Medical Association, we still wouldn't see a huge amount of books on neurosurgery for dummies…

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I have actually programmed a fair bit in Perl, like I have C++ code published with my name on it. Other things I have…

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Part of any serious QA is removing Perl code the same way you go over a dilapidated building you inherit to remove chewing gum…

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Constructing a social system that tends to those who agree with it is a piece of cake compared to constructing one that makes those…

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If, however, one factor is too successful, it will continue to be the winning factor regardless of the variation in the other factors over…

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C++ is a language strongly optimized for liars and people who go by guesswork and ignorance.

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Gotos aren't damnable to begin with. If you aren't smart enough to distinguish what's bad about some gotos from all gotos, goto hell.

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I have come to believe that large print, thick and heavy paper, and wide margins and oversize leading is indicative of the expected intelligence…

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The fundamental deficiency in HTML is that it reduces hypertext and the intertwinedness of human communication to a question of how it is rendered…

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The currency in the developer community is enthusiasm.

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