| Linux Computers: 618 of 1023 |
Real software engineers don't like the idea of some inexplicable and
greasy hardware several aisles away that may stop working at any
moment. They have a great distrust of hardware people, and wish that
systems could be virtual at *all* levels. They would like personal
computers (you know no one's going to trip over something and kill your
DFA in mid-transit), except that they need 8 megabytes to run their
Correctness Verification Aid packages.
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| Linux Computers: 619 of 1023 |
Real software engineers work from 9 to 5, because that is the way the job is
described in the formal spec. Working late would feel like using an
undocumented external procedure.
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| Linux Computers: 620 of 1023 |
Real Users are afraid they'll break the machine -- but they're never
afraid to break your face.
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| Linux Computers: 621 of 1023 |
Real Users find the one combination of bizarre input values that shuts
down the system for days.
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| Linux Computers: 622 of 1023 |
Real Users hate Real Programmers.
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| Linux Computers: 623 of 1023 |
Real Users know your home telephone number.
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| Linux Computers: 624 of 1023 |
Real Users never know what they want, but they always know when your program
doesn't deliver it.
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| Linux Computers: 625 of 1023 |
Real Users never use the Help key.
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| Linux Computers: 626 of 1023 |
Recursion is the root of computation since it trades description for time.
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| Linux Computers: 627 of 1023 |
Remember the good old days, when CPU was singular?
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