“If you want to program in C, program in C. It's a nice language. I use it occasionally…”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[7577@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“… it's just that in C++ and the like, you don't trust anybody, and in CLOS you basically trust everybody. The practical result is that thieves and bums use C++ and nice people use CLOS.”
Re: is CLOS reall OO? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/07310c842fea847c (Usenet article). <br class="br">Usenet articles, C++
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Robert Ley (1890–1945) Nazi politician
To G.M. Gilbert. Quoted in Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth - Page 573 - by Gitta Sereny - History - 1996
“When we give trust, we receive trust. And people who trust us pay attention to us.”
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Source: Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000), p. 33.
Stephen King (1947) American author
Variant: I hated high school. I don’t trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any enjoyment. If you liked being a teenager, there’s something wrong with you.
“Be nice to people – all people – even when you don't have to be. Everybody is important.”
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Think Big (1996), p. 86
“You can't trust machines. You can't trust people.”
Julie Anne Peters (1952) American writer
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead