Scott Fahlman Quotes

• If you are always pressing the envelope, you will suffer many paper cuts.

  Scott Fahlman

  Cutting, Suffering, Paper

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• If you can't take the heat, don't tickle the dragon.

  Scott Fahlman

  Dragons, Heat, Ifs

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• In case you're not a computer person, I should probably point out that 'Real Soon Now' is a technical term meaning 'sometime before the heat-death of the universe, maybe'.

  Scott Fahlman

  Real, Heat, Computer

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• If you want a language that tries to lock up all the sharp objects and fire-making implements, use Pascal or Ada: the Nerf languages, harmless fun for children of all ages, and they won't mar the furniture.

  Scott Fahlman

  Children, Fun, Fire

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• Common Lisp is politics, not art.

  Scott Fahlman

  Art, Common, Lisp

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