Rob Pike Quotes

I like my stories once removed.

'Programming' is a four-letter word.

At Microsoft, the magic of software is used to take on very interesting challenges.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'.

I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer.

Computing is a big segment. It's more than just mobile devices or PCs and laptops.

Computers in general, and software in particular, are much more difficult than other kinds of technology for most people to grok, and they overwhelm us with a sense of mystery.

One of the things that Java is good at is giving you this homogeneous view of a reality that's usually very heterogeneous.

Software increasingly defines the world around us.

The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future.

My goal is to simplify complexity.

The art of programming is the art of organizing complexity.

When you program, you want to think you're writing the best possible program for the... for the task you're trying to solve.

Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. I love loopholes.

Ajihad: You are an enigma, Eragon, a quandary that no one knows how to solve.

Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container.

[Emacs] is written in Lisp, which is the only computer language that is beautiful.

To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.

Mo' money, mo' problems.

It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.

Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.

How many people become abstract as a way of appearing profound.

Often, the most striking and innovative solutions come from realizing that your concept of the problem was wrong.

We are generalists. You can't draw neat lines around planet-wide problems. Planetology is a cut-and-fit science.

It's simple until you make it complicated.