Just think, IBM and DEC in the same room, and we did it.

In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises.

When in doubt, use brute force.

I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different.

I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground, and why I won't have another book finished by next week.

SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out!

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.