I remarked to Dennis that easily half the code I was writing in Multics was error recovery code. He said, "We left all that stuff out of Unix. If there's an error, we have this routine called panic, and when… — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
Real programmers don't work from 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9am it's because they were up all night. — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
Real programmers don't write in PL/I. PL/I is for programmers who can't decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN. — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
We know about as much about software quality problems as they knew about the Black Plague in the 1600s. We've seen the victims' agonies… — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand. — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
I remarked to Dennis that easily half the code I was writing in Multics was error recovery code. He said, "We left all that… — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
