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

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.

Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.

C was already implemented on several quite different machines and OSs, Unix was already being distributed on the PDP-11, but the portability of the whole system was new

C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.

C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.

For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace.

A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do

... with proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed.

I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

I would have followed you to hell and back... if only you'd lead me back.

Kylie looked up towards the sky. "Sometimes I just wish Heaven wasn't so far away.

Many people will never read a Bible, but they will read you.

I love trashy reality TV - all of it.

I think Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana was a case of that, who was an outstanding administrator.

For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.

Consciousness is the foundation of all thinking; and thinking is the foundation of all consciousness.

I hate Mourinho. He's a fool.

If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.