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

The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.

I listen to mostly-classical music, but mostly by radio - I'm not an audiophile.

A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.

Twenty percent of all input forms filled out by people contain bad data.

Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.

I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors tried to keep tight control, and consequent ill fate