It seems certain that much of the success of Unix follows from the readability, modifiability, and portability of its software.

A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do

I fix things now and then, more often tweak HTML and make scripts to do things.

I'm just an observer of Java, and where Microsoft wants to go with C# is too early to tell.

C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group.

When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd.

Some consider UNIX to be the second most important invention to come out of AT&T Bell Labs after the transistor.