Eric S. Raymond on Knowledge
Browse 4 quotations attributed to Eric S. Raymond, catalogued under knowledge, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Eric S. Raymond, entry #174195: "Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter."
Attributed to Eric S. Raymond, entry #76639: "Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite ."
4 Quotes by Eric S. Raymond on Knowledge
"Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter."
"Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite ."
"Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot."
"The iPad is the ultimate Steve Jobs device – so hypnotic that not only do people buy one without knowing what it's good for, they keep feeling like they ought to use it even when they have better alternatives for everything it does. It's a triumph of style over substance, cool over utility, form over actual function."