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We're systems software people ourselves. We wanted a language to make our lives better. By Rob Pike
If POSIX threads are a good thing, perhaps I don't want to know what they're better than. By Rob Pike
Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad. By Rob Pike
Dynamic typing is not necessarily good. You get static errors at run time, which you really should be able to catch at compile time. By Rob Pike
Sockets are the X windows of IO interfaces. By Rob Pike
When there is no type hierarchy you don't have to manage the type hierarchy. By Rob Pike
Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing. By Rob Pike
When Steve Jobs died last week, there was a huge outcry, and that was very moving and justified. By Rob Pike
To write a kernel without a data structure and have it be as consistent and graceful as UNIX would have been a much, much harder challenge. By Rob Pike
There's no such thing as a simple cache bug. By Rob Pike
Using Unix is the computing equivalent of listening only to music by David Cassidy. By Rob Pike
Caches aren't architecture, they're just optimization. By Rob Pike
Productivity is most important by engineering management rules, but enjoyment is most important for engineers. One stems from the other. By Rob Pike
The process of software development doesn't feel any better than it did a generation ago. By Rob Pike
Narrowness of experience leads to narrowness of imagination By Rob Pike
There's nothing in computing that can't be broken by another level of indirection. By Rob Pike
Why would you have a language that is not theoretically exciting? Because it's very useful. By Rob Pike
Languages that try to disallow idiocy become themselves idiotic. By Rob Pike
You have to make a decision whether it's a new product or you integrate it with an existing product. It takes time to work these things out. By Rob Pike
A smart terminal is not a smartass terminal, but rather a terminal you can educate. By Rob Pike
Procedure names should reflect what they do; function names should reflect what they return By Rob Pike
Eventually, I decided that thinking was not getting me very far and it was time to try building. By Rob Pike
