Erik Naggum Quotes - Page 4

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• The only important property of evils of the past is that they not be repeated in the future, in any way, shape, or form.

  Erik Naggum

  Past, Evil, Important

  "Stalin is not a cool name for software". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. November 30, 1998.

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• Once we were Programmers. Maybe our last best hope is a movie.

  Erik Naggum

  Lasts, Hoping For The Best, Programmers

  "PART TWO: winning industrial-use of lisp". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. June 19, 2002.

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• I believe C++ instills fear in programmers, fear that the interaction of some details causes unpredictable results. Its unmanageable complexity has spawned more fear-preventing tools than any other language, but the solution should have been to create and use a language that does not overload the whole goddamn human brain with irrelevant details.

  Erik Naggum

  Believe, Should Have, Brain

  Re: Checking for Errors Before Run Time (Usenet article), groups.google.com. November 21, 2001.

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• Have you considered the option of getting the joke? If not, try it now and redeem your soul.

  Erik Naggum

  Soul, Trying, Jokes

  Re: Lisp Machines considered Inferior (Usenet article), groups.google.com. November 18, 2002.

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• The aspects you are willing to ignore are more important than the aspects you are willing to accept.

  Erik Naggum

  Important, Accepting, Aspect

  "S-exp vs XML, HTML, LaTeX (was: Why lisp is growing)". Usenet article, groups.google.com. December 28, 2002.

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