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
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
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
'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
The novice-friendly software is more like a misbehaving dog: it shits on the floor, it destroys things, and stinks - the novice-friendly… — Erik Naggum Artificial 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 Doe 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
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
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
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
The very word "exist" derives from "to step forth, to stand out". — Erik Naggum Standing out 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
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
If car manufacturers made cars according to spec the same way software vendors make software according to spec, all five wheels would… — Erik Naggum Building Copy Share Image
Those who write software only for pay should go hurt some other field. — Erik Naggum Fields Copy Share Image
it's just that in C++ and the like, you don't trust anybody, and in CLOS you basically trust everybody. The practical result… — Erik Naggum Don't trust Copy Share Image
Like many older fans of Free Software and Open Source, I have discovered that it is really only free in the sense… — Erik Naggum Fans Copy Share Image
Sufficiently advanced political correctness is indistinguishable from sarcasm. — Erik Naggum Correctness Copy Share Image
Well, take it from an old hand: the only reason it would be easier to program in C is that you can't… — Erik Naggum Complex problems Copy Share Image
I guess there are some things that are so gross you just have to forget, or it'll destroy something within you. Perl… — Erik Naggum Firsts Copy Share Image
Elegance is necessarily unnatural, only achieveable at great expense. If you just do something, it won't be elegant, but if you do… — Erik Naggum Beauty Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the only way to learn something really well is to revert to the state of mind of a novice and reawaken… — Erik Naggum Conclusion Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, nigh the whole world is now duped into thinking that silly fill-in forms on web pages is the way to do… — Erik Naggum Form Copy Share Image
