Unix Quote (was: Re: building a PDP11 from the things you find at home)

From: Ken Seefried <ken_at_seefried.com>
Date: Thu Aug 9 10:01:21 2001

From: Carlos Murillo <cmurillo_at_emtelsa.multi.net.co>
> "He who doesn't comprehend UNIX is destined to redesign it poorly."
> Does anybody know the origin of this quote?

Henry Spencer. He also said "If you lie to the compiler, it will get its
revenge", which I think is pretty funny, too. Oh, yeah...and his 10
Commandments of C Programmers is gospel. Helluva guy.

Ken
Received on Thu Aug 09 2001 - 10:01:21 BST

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