Joe Armstrong: Sort

Joe Armstrong was British computer scientist. Explore interesting quotes on sort.
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“I don't like modules. It's a sort of love/hate relationship. The problem with modules is the classification problem. When you have written a function you don't know in what modules you put it in.”

Joe Armstrong

A Few Improvement to Erlang

Hate , Problem , Love

“Bad ideas in computer science and anywhere are sticky. If the first idea was a bad idea, then because it works people will sort of repeat it.”

Joe Armstrong

The How and Why of Fitting Things Together

People , Idea , Science

“How to make a list? Collecting the data, that's the easy bit. Sorting it into categories is slightly more difficult. Shortening the list is the most difficult part. That a really difficult problem.”

Joe Armstrong

The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science

Problem , Parting

“I was using Smalltalk and I never actually go through this boundary of sort of simulating the class structure in my head so that I can program itself. It was painful, I used to chose the changelog to find things, I regret you did it.”

Joe Armstrong
Pain