Rick Cook quotes

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. (Rick Cook)
The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a soldering iron, a hardware type with a program patch and a user with an idea. View quote
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It is a pity the universe doesn't use a segmented architecture with a protected mode! View quote
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Programming is like pinball. The reward for doing it well is the opportunity to do it again. View quote
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Murphy said, 'Constants aren't', and Murphy was apparently one of the gods of this universe. View quote
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"The question is, is that a bug or a feature?" Karl asked. View quote
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The law of similarity made any map a magical instrument. View quote
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Wiz thought about what it would be like to work with a computer that killed the programmer every time it crashed and shuddered. View quote
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What happened, get lost in the directory tree again? View quote
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Always secure your files, you never know who is lurking about. View quote
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He deliberately left them out of the code. After all, he rationalized, this is only version 1.0. (Rick Cook)
What was that?" Jerry asked, peering over the edge. "I think it was a ninja dwarf." Wiz said wonderingly... View quote
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It's how you get rid of cats. You get a 500-pound parakeet and teach it to say, "Here, kitty kitty kitty." View quote
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Never ask them for an explanation. You only end up worse confused. View quote
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Judith looked at the demons and shook her head. "I'm glad we didn't build four processors. I'm not sure I could take a barbershop quartet!" View quote
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"We learned dwarves are not meant to fly." came a voice from the edge of the circle. View quote
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It's always the details that get you in trouble. View quote
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As flat as an open can of coke, left on a programmer's desk over the weekend. View quote
Rick Cook

Rick Cook

Occupation: American Author
Born: 1944
Died: January 13, 2022
Quotes count: 18
Wikipedia: Rick Cook

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