The very word "exist" derives from "to step forth, to stand out". — Erik Naggum Exist Copy Share Image
Would you buy a book proudly stating on the cover that its reader is a dummy? Or would you think "of course… — Erik Naggum Book 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… — Erik Naggum Enough Copy Share Image
'Code sharing' is an economic surplus phenomenon. It works only when none of the people involved in it are in any form… — Erik Naggum Code Copy Share Image
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I regret that this isn't fatal. — Erik Naggum Dangerous Copy Share Image
I'm bothered by the fact that stupid people don't spontaneously combust, which they should. — Erik Naggum Bothered Copy Share Image
I have long since given up dealing with people who hold idiotic opinions as if they had arrived at them through thinking… — Erik Naggum Dealing with people Copy Share Image
Let's just hope that all the world is run by Bill Gates before the Perl hackers can destroy it. — Erik Naggum Bills 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,… — Erik Naggum Evil Copy Share Image
The fundamental deficiency in HTML is that it reduces hypertext and the intertwinedness of human communication to a question of how it… — Erik Naggum Browsers Copy Share Image
Part of any serious QA is removing Perl code the same way you go over a dilapidated building you inherit to remove… — Erik Naggum Building 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… — Erik Naggum Affection 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… — Erik Naggum Agree Copy Share Image
Very clever implementation techniques are required to implement this insanity correctly and usefully, not to mention that code written with this feature… — Erik Naggum Clever Copy Share Image
Optimization is generally detrimental to future success, but it is the only way to accomplish present success in competition with others who… — Erik Naggum Accomplish Copy Share Image
I have argued that a religion or a philosophy cannot speak about facts of the world - if it does, it is… — Erik Naggum Argued Copy Share Image
I may be biased, but I tend to find a much lower tendency among female programmers to be dishonest about their skills,… — Erik Naggum Biased Copy Share Image
People search for the meaning of life, but this is the easy question: we are born into a world that presents us… — Erik Naggum Asks Copy Share Image
I have come to believe that large print, thick and heavy paper, and wide margins and oversize leading is indicative of the… — Erik Naggum Behinds 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… — Erik Naggum Bits Copy Share Image
C being what it is lacks support for multiple return values, so the notion that it is meaningful to pass pointers to… — Erik Naggum Clue 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… — Erik Naggum Appliances Copy Share Image
What people "want" is a function of what they learn is available. If you wish to sell something, you'd better understand that… — Erik Naggum Available 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… — Erik Naggum Change Copy Share Image
From the Latin word "imponere", base of the obsolete English "impone" and translated as "impress" in modern English, Nordic hackers have coined… — Erik Naggum Bystanders Copy Share Image
Historically, labor unions arose when people had gotten a taste of a different lifestyle and were willing to pay a lot more… — Erik Naggum Accepted Copy Share Image
Ignoring for a moment the power of the American Medical Association, we still wouldn't see a huge amount of books on neurosurgery… — Erik Naggum Amount 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… — Erik Naggum Architecture Copy Share Image
The purpose of human existence is to learn and to understand as much as we can of what came before us, so… — Erik Naggum Existence Copy Share Image
Some people are little more than herd animals, flocking together whenever the world becomes uncomfortable … I am not one of those… — Erik Naggum Animal Copy Share Image
Norway did not even have a revolution at the time the rest of Europe was busy figuring out human rights and stuff,… — Erik Naggum Busy Copy Share Image
What I actually admire in Perl is its ability to provide a very successful abstraction of the horrible mess that is collectively… — Erik Naggum Ability Copy Share Image
