Because of the nature of Moore's law, anything that an extremely clever graphics programmer can do at one point can be replicated by a merely competent programmer some number of years later.

  • -- John D. Carmack 约翰·卡马克

由于摩尔定律的本质,一个极其聪明的图形程序员在某一时刻所能做的任何事情,都可以在若干年后被一个仅仅有能力的程序员所复制。

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Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.

一个称职的工人如果不花大量的时间研究他的工作究竟有多慢,同时又能使他的雇主相信他干得不错,那他是很难找到的。

The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.

有能力的程序员充分意识到自己头骨的有限大小。因此,他以充分的谦卑来完成他的任务,并避免像瘟疫一样的聪明的诡计。

It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.

成为一名优秀的程序员总是有帮助的。喜欢电脑,能够想到人们想用电脑做的事情是很重要的。

It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.

希望在不远的将来,我们能够理解像星星这样简单的东西,这是明智的判断。