Rob Pike
We don't believe we've solved the multicore-programming problem. But we think we've built an environment in which a certain class of problems can take advantage of the multicore architecture.Collection: Architecture
There's nothing in computing that can't be broken by another level of indirection.Collection: Broken
Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming.Collection: Self
Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing.Collection: Roman Numerals
Eventually, I decided that thinking was not getting me very far and it was time to try building.Collection: Thinking
Narrowness of experience leads to narrowness of imaginationCollection: Imagination
Such is modern computing: everything simple is made too complicated because it's easy to fiddle with; everything complicated stays complicated because it's hard to fix.Collection: Simple
Procedure names should reflect what they do; function names should reflect what they returnCollection: Names
Fancy algorithms are slow when N is small, and N is usually small.Collection: Learning
Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad.Collection: Smell
Languages that try to disallow idiocy become themselves idiotic.Collection: Trying
Caches aren't architecture, they're just optimization.Collection: Cache
When there is no type hierarchy you don't have to manage the type hierarchy.Collection: Hierarchy
Productivity is most important by engineering management rules, but enjoyment is most important for engineers. One stems from the other.Collection: Engineering
Rule 1. You can't tell where a program is going to spend its time. Bottlenecks occur in surprising places, so don't try to second guess and put in a speed hack until you've proven that's where the bottleneck isCollection: Trying
If POSIX threads are a good thing, perhaps I don't want to know what they're better than.Collection: Want
There's no such thing as a simple cache bug.Collection: Simple
Using Unix is the computing equivalent of listening only to music by David Cassidy.Collection: Listening
A smart terminal is not a smartass terminal, but rather a terminal you can educate.Collection: Smart
Sockets are the X windows of IO interfaces.Collection: Ios
Why would you have a language that is not theoretically exciting? Because it's very useful.Collection: Language