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“Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days.”

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The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small.

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Sequential programming is really hard, and parallel programming is a step beyond that.

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I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience.

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Unfortunately, the current generation of mail programs do not have checkers to see if the sender knows what he is talking about.

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However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process.

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Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

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A refund for defective software might be nice, except it would bankrupt the entire software industry in the first year.

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