[Israel.pm] Your Favorite Programming Quote

[Shlomi Fish]

Nice, another philosophical discussion.

On Tuesday 08 May 2007, Offer Kaye wrote:
> From:
>     http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000855.html
>
> <blockquote>
> It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would
> ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional
> ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to
> which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
> </blockquote>
>
> Funny :)
>
> So what's your favorite programming quote?
>

My favourite programming quote (at least at present) is:

<<<<<<<<
Good poets borrow.  Great poets steal.
>>>>>>>>

I was told T.S. Eliot ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot ) said it. It 
was said about poetry, but applies to any creative art form, including 
programming and philosophy. I noticed a pattern of borrowing or stealing 
ideas from other people in my work, including my programming work.

There are many great quotes about programming in ESR's "The Cathedral and the 
Bazaar" series:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/

I think everyone should read it.

Another good quote I like is lwall's "All language designers are arrogant. 
Comes with the territory.". 

That's it for now. Hope to see you all at the meeting.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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