Anthony Bourdain book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Source: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
2020, June 2020
Anthony Bourdain book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Source: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
“A program that has not been tested does not work.”
Bjarne Stroustrup book The C++ Programming Language
[Stroustrup, Bjarne, The C++ Programming Language, 712]
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Lecture at Columbia University (28 April 1959)
“If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Variant: If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
“… greatest single programming language ever designed. (About the Lisp programming language.)”
Alan Kay (1940) computer scientist
2003. Daddy, Are We There Yet? A Discussion with Alan Kay http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/04/03/alan_kay.html <br class="br">2000s
“We don’t have a tradition of masked heroes really anywhere else in the world apart from America.”
Alan Moore (1953) English writer primarily known for his work in comic books
Source: “Fawkes & Robin Hood didn’t wear masks; ‘hero’ anonymity is US shtick going back to KKK – ‘V for Vendetta’ author Alan Moore to RT” https://www.rt.com/usa/537158-alan-moore-rt-interview/, Russia Today, (11 Oct, 2021) <br class="br">Context: Moore said in an interview with RT’s Sophie Shevardnadze. “I mean, Guy Fawkes, who the ‘V for Vendetta’ mask is based upon – that wasn’t a mask, that was his face,” he said. Ditto for Robin Hood.
“Weakness never got anyone anywhere.”
Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist
Source: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Fred Brooks (1931) American computer scientist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c0_Lzb1CJw#t=01h19m00s
"The IBM System/360 Revolution"
recorded by the Computer History Museum
April 7, 2004.
“Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!”
Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930–2002) Dutch computer scientist
Dijkstra (1970) " Notes On Structured Programming http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd02xx/EWD249.PDF" (EWD249), Section 3 ("On The Reliability of Mechanisms"), corollary at the end. <br class="br">1970s <br class="br">Variant: Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but it is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
“Pain is the world. I don't have anywhere to run.”
Kathy Acker book Blood and Guts in High School
Source: Blood and Guts in High School