Philip GreenspunIf I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel. But I didn't so I slapped it up on the Web. ✨ Slashdot i… ▶375LifeReadingThought
Philip GreenspunGreenspun's Tenth Rule of Programming: any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc informally-specified bug-ridden slow implementation of half of Common L… ▶354Politics
Philip GreenspunSQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing. ✨ How long is the average Internet discussion forum… ▶379ThoughtTime
Philip GreenspunEven within traditional universities there has always been debate about whether it wouldn't be better to focus on only one course at a time. ✨ Slashdot interview, tech.slash… ▶251Time
Philip GreenspunWe worried about competitors, but it was an unreasonable fear. As a friend once pointed out, most gunshot wounds are self-inflicted.264Humanity
Philip GreenspunWe're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than working through a formal computer science curriculu… ▶275Hope
Philip GreenspunEven the lamest page can be saved by collaboration. ✨ Interactive Web sites to thrive by Nancy Weil, www.cnn.com. February 9, 2000.235Reading
Philip GreenspunI don't myself believe in astrology. However, I think that's because I'm a Libra and Libras are always skeptical.249Thought
Philip GreenspunThe book the Ziff folks sent me as an example of their art was 'Late Night VRML 2.0 with Java,' 700 pages + CD-ROM, published February 1997. I was personally acquainted with more … ▶216HumanityReading
Philip GreenspunProgress in computer science is made with the distribution of revolutionary software systems and the publication of revolutionary books. We don't need a fancy information system t… ▶131Reading
