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# Damian Conway

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Damian Conway is an Australian computer scientist, a member of the Perl and Raku communities, a public speaker, and the author of several books. Until 2010, he was also an adjunct associate professor in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University.

##  Quotes by Damian Conway

> [Documentation is a love letter that you write to your future self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-conway/documentation-is-a-love-letter-that-you-write-to-your-future-self/)

[Damian Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-conway/)

[Documentation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documentation/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/damian-conway-78705_documentation_documentation-is-a-love-letter-that-you_1077497.png)

> [Programming is a Dark Art, and it always will be. The programmer is fighting against the two most destructive forces in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-conway/programming-is-a-dark-art-and-it-always-will-be-the-programmer-is/)

[Damian Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-conway/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/damian-conway-78705_art_programming-is-a-dark-art-and-it-always_1337041.png)

> [C++ tries to guard against Murphy, not Machiavelli.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-conway/c-tries-to-guard-against-murphy-not-machiavelli/)

[Damian Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-conway/)

[Guard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guard/)

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