Just getting something to work usually means writing reams of code fast, like a Stephen King novel, but making it maintainable and high-quality code that really expresses the ideas well, is like writing poetry. Art is taking away. — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Structure is nothing if it is all you got. Skeletons spook people if they try to walk around on their own. I really wonder… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
The only important property of evils of the past is that they not be repeated in the future, in any way, shape, or form. — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Some people are little more than herd animals, flocking together whenever the world becomes uncomfortable … I am not one of those people. If… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
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 near my desk or on my network. This is my workbench, dammit, it's not a pretty box to impress people with graphics and sounds. When I work at this system up to 12 hours a day,… — Erik Naggum Copy Share
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… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
I have actually programmed a fair bit in Perl, like I have C++ code published with my name on it. Other things I have tried and have no intention to do again if I can at all avoid it include smoking, getting drunk enough to puke and waste the whole next day with hang-over, breaking a leg in a violent… — Erik Naggum Copy Share
Part of any serious QA is removing Perl code the same way you go over a dilapidated building you inherit to remove chewing gum… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
I have a cat, so I know that when she digs her very sharp claws into my chest or stomach it's really a sign… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Constructing a social system that tends to those who agree with it is a piece of cake compared to constructing one that makes those… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
If, however, one factor is too successful, it will continue to be the winning factor regardless of the variation in the other factors over… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
C++ is a language strongly optimized for liars and people who go by guesswork and ignorance. — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
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. — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
