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βLanguages shape the way we think, or don't.β
βXML is a giant step in no direction at all.β
βEnlightenment is probably antithetical to impatience.β
βI believe that structure is a product, not a process.β
βExcuse me while I barf in Larry Wall's general direction.β
βOnce we were Programmers. Maybe our last best hope is a movie.β
βThe currency in the developer community is enthusiasm.β
βThe very word "exist" derives from "to step forth, to stand out".β
βIf this is not what you expected, please alter your expectations.β
βIntellectual laziness is punishable by brain death. It is a natural law.β
βIf you think this year is "97", you are not "year 2000 compliant".β
βSufficiently advanced political correctness is indistinguishable from sarcasm.β
βLike so many other things in life, you rarely get only what you optimize for.β
βI'm bothered by the fact that stupid people don't spontaneously combust, which they should.β
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βLanguages shape the way we think, or don't.β
Erik Naggum on Norway
βNorway did not even have a revolution at the time the rest of Europe was busy figuring out human rights and stuff, because we were busy fighting over how to spell it.β
Erik Naggum on Meaning of life
βPeople search for the meaning of life, but this is the easy question: we are born into a world that presents us with many millenia of collected knowledge and information, and all our predecessors ask of us is that we not waste our brief life ignoring the past only to rediscover or reinvent its lessons badly.β
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About Erik Naggum
Erik Naggum (June 13, 1965 – June 17, 2009) was a Lisp programmer.
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