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• A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do
• C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.
• ... with proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed.
• Pretty much everything on the web uses those two things: C and UNIX,
• Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks.
• A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.
• The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.
• Twenty percent of all input forms filled out by people contain bad data.
• A new release of Plan 9 happened in June, and at about the same time a new release of the Inferno system,…
• At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it…
• I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention…
• C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that…

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