Quotes

The Haskell Wiki QuotesPage has some gems. The best bit is how self-deprecating they are.

“So, the essence of XML is this: the problem it solves is not hard, and it does not solve the problem well.” — Jerome Simeon & Phil Wadler

<shapr> for example: “head (filter (\x -> x > 5) [1..])”
<shapr> in a strict language, you can't easily play with infinite lists
<dark> In a strict language, you would write that as “6” :)

<ejt> I guess it's time I leant how to interface to foriegn code, any pointers ?

<stepcut> “I used to be a fat lazy slob, but now, thanks to haskell, I am fully functional…”
<Riastradh> ‘…and I can still be lazy!’

<shapr> I've tried to teach people autodidactism, but I've realized they have to learn it for themselves.

* Darius imagines XSLT programmers say “It's a one pager” the way most other programmers say “It's a one liner”.

Posted at 2005-03-31 14:51:10 by Richard • Link to Quotes

419-THEMED EUPHEMISM

DEAR SIR,
I PRESENT TO YOU A EUPHEMISM THAT ONLY MY GOOD FRIEND MR. ANTHONY NEWMAN WILL UNDERSTAND. MY UNCLE, THE LATE KING SALEEM OF CHAD, RECENTLY WROTE TO ME TO INFORM ME THAT HE HAD SPENT A LOT OF TIME “SHAKING HANDS WITH MR. BOONA PHALLAS”. I AM SEEKING A BUSINESSMAN FROM YOUR COUNTRY TO HELP ME DECIPHER THIS CRYPTIC MESSAGE.

Posted at 2005-03-31 08:52:23 by Richard • Link to 419-THEMED EUPHEMI…