Erik Naggum Quotes

Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer.

God grant me serenity to accept the code I cannot change, courage to change the code I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Intellectual laziness is punishable by brain death. It is a natural law.

Once we were Programmers. Maybe our last best hope is a movie.

Please note: if you think the above is offensive, it is of course a joke and you did not get it. If you do not find it offensive, it is of course not a joke, and you did not get it. This is not a joke. Get it?

Have you considered the option of getting the joke? If not, try it now and redeem your soul.

You have failed to consider the ramifications of the solutions and pose a problem that simply would not exist if you did. This taxes my patience, which is already legendary in its general absence.

I'm bothered by the fact that stupid people don't spontaneously combust, which they should.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I regret that this isn't fatal.

I believe that structure is a product, not a process.

Shed the idea that you were programming in an OO style. There is no such thing. You were only programming a particular object system. Now you get to program a different object system.

If the syntax is good enough for the information, it should be good enough for the meta-information.

Like so many other things in life, you rarely get only what you optimize for.

I have a cat, so I know that when she digs her very sharp claws into my chest or stomach it's really a sign of affection, but I don't see any reason for programming languages to show affection with pain.

Whoever decided to use the semicolon to end something should just be taken out and have his colon semified. (At least COBOL and SQL managed to use a period.)