Rasmus Lerdorf Quotes

• I'm not a real programmer. I throw together things until it works then I move on. The real programmers will say Yeah it works but you're leaking memory everywhere. Perhaps we should fix that. I'll just restart Apache every 10 requests.

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  Memories, Real, Moving

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• PHP is about as exciting as your toothbrush. You use it every day, it does the job, it is a simple tool, so what? Who would want to read about toothbrushes?

  Rasmus Lerdorf

  Jobs, Simple, Doe

  "Interview – PHP’s Creator, Rasmus Lerdorf". Interview wit Kevin Yank, www.sitepoint.com. May 22, 2002.

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• I don't know how to stop it, there was never any intent to write a programming language [...] I have absolutely no idea how to write a programming language, I just kept adding the next logical step on the way.

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  Writing, Ideas, Way

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• I actually hate programming, but I love solving problems.

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  Hate, Problem, Problem Solving

  "Interview – PHP’s Creator, Rasmus Lerdorf". Interview with Kevin Yank, www.sitepoint.com. May 22, 2002.

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• When the world becomes standard, I will start caring about standards.

  Rasmus Lerdorf

  Caring, World, Standards

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• There are people who actually like programming. I dont understand why they like programming.

  Rasmus Lerdorf

  People, Programming

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• I've never thought of PHP as more than a simple tool to solve problems.

  Rasmus Lerdorf

  Simple, Tools, Problem

  Twitter post from Nov 9, 2010

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• For all the folks getting excited about my quotes. Here is another - Yes, I am a terrible coder, but I am probably still better than you :)

  Rasmus Lerdorf

  Coders, Excited, Terrible

  Twitter post from Apr 19, 2010

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• PHP is rarely the bottleneck.

  Rasmus Lerdorf

  Bottlenecks

  "PHP Performance" Talk in San Francisco, talks.php.net. July 29, 2010.

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• Ugly problems often require ugly solutions. Solving an ugly problem in a pure manner is bloody hard.

  Rasmus Lerdorf

  Ugly, Problem, Bloody

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• I don't like programming. It's tedious.

  Rasmus Lerdorf

  Programming, Techie, Tedious

  "Why the father of PHP doesn’t like programming". DevBeat conference, venturebeat.com. November 13, 2013.

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