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Woof that opening quote about being born in East Africa has not aged well.
by milky2028 4y ago
Woof that opening quote about being born in East Africa has not aged well.
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- s_dev 4y agoI don't think that could be written down and published today. “I liken starting one’s computing career with Unix, say as an under- graduate, to being born in East Africa. It is intolerably hot, your body is covered with lice and flies, you are malnourished and you suffer from numerous curable diseases. But, as far as young East Africans can tell, this is simply the natural condition and they live within it. By the time they find out differently, it is too late. They already think that the writing of shell scripts is a natural act.” — Ken Pier, Xerox PARC
- JKCalhoun 4y agoI can allow for the times — it's the last line that is the real stinger, ha ha.