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Ellen Ullman Quotes: "We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins"

We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins



Ellen Ullman Quotes: "To be a programmer is to develop a carefully managed relationship with error. There's no getting around it. You either make your accomodations with failure, or the work will become intolerable."

To be a programmer is to develop a carefully managed relationship with error. There's no getting around it. You either make your accomodations with failure, or the work will become intolerable.




Ellen Ullman Quotes: "Software engineering is not about right and wrong but only better and worse"

Software engineering is not about right and wrong but only better and worse



Ellen Ullman Quotes: "But you can't stop knowing something, can you?"

But you can't stop knowing something, can you?




Ellen Ullman Quotes: "I've always written. I'm from an older generation of programmers [who] did not come out of engineering. [A]ll sorts of people were drawn in from the social sciences and humanities."

I've always written. I'm from an older generation of programmers [who] did not come out of engineering. [A]ll sorts of people were drawn in from the social sciences and humanities.



Ellen Ullman Quotes: "I don't know where anyone ever got the idea that technology, in and of itself, was a savior. Like all human-created 'progress, ' computers are problematic, giving and taking away."

I don't know where anyone ever got the idea that technology, in and of itself, was a savior. Like all human-created 'progress, ' computers are problematic, giving and taking away.



Ellen Ullman Quotes: "People talk about computer programmers as if computers are our whole lives. That's simply not true."

People talk about computer programmers as if computers are our whole lives. That's simply not true.




Ellen Ullman Quotes: "Introduced in the 1960s, multitasking is an engineering strategy for making computers more efficient. Human beings are the slowest elements in a system."

Introduced in the 1960s, multitasking is an engineering strategy for making computers more efficient. Human beings are the slowest elements in a system.



Ellen Ullman Quotes: "Staring prejudice in the face imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, to achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity."

Staring prejudice in the face imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, to achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity.