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"The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or XML, will continue to become more central."
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"UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity."
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"The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or XML, will continue to become more central."
Programming
"I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up."
Growing up
"At the same time, much of it seems to have to do with recreating things we or others had already done; it seems rather derivative intellectually; is there a dearth of really new ideas?"
Time
"C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around."
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"At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler."
People
"Over the past several years, I've been more in a managerial role."
Past
"I've done a reasonable amount of travelling, which I enjoyed, but not for too long at a time."
Time
"A new release of Plan 9 happened in June, and at about the same time a new release of the Inferno system, which began here, was announced by Vita Nuova."
Time
"When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd."
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"The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman."
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"The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or XML, will continue to become more central."
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"There was something amazingly enticing about programming."
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"The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming."
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"I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining."
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"Programming is usually taught by examples."
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"After graduating in 1973 I went into the programming field."
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