"When I read commentary about suggestions for where……" — Dennis Ritchie
"When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd."
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33 Quotes by Dennis Ritchie
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A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do
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C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.
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... with proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed.
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Pretty much everything on the web uses those two things: C and UNIX,
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Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks.
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A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.
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The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.
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Twenty percent of all input forms filled out by people contain bad data.
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A new release of Plan 9 happened in June, and at about the same time a new release of the…
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At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is:…
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I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended…
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C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of…
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;…
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
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If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they…
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It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but…
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The worst men often give the best advice.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there…
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