We have persistent objects, they're called files.

I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft - a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less.

If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there.

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

In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own.

I also enjoy writing my regular column for Organic Gardening magazine, so I may do more of that sort of thing in the future, if anybody wants it!

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.