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The human mind, as it turns out, is messy.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Human Human Mind Messy Mind Out Turns

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There is always one more bug to fix.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Always Bug Fix More

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You can only get a beginner's mind once.

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Topics: Beginner Get Mind Once Only You

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I'm a pessimist. But I think I'd describe my pessimism as broken-hearted optimism.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Describe Optimism Pessimism Pessimist Think I Think

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I was a girl who came into the clubhouse, into the treehouse, with the sign on the door saying, 'No girls allowed,' and the reception was not always a good one.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Allowed Always Came Clubhouse Door Girl Good Reception Saying Sign Who

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Closed environments dominated the computing world of the 1970s and early '80s. An operating system written for a Hewlett-Packard computer ran only on H.P. computers; I.B.M. controlled its software from chips up to the user interfaces.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Chips Closed Computer Computers Computing Controlled Dominated Early Environments Only Operating Operating System Ran Software System Up User World Written 1970S

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What I hope is that those with the knowledge of the humanities break into the closed society where code gets written: invade it.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Break Closed Code Gets Hope Humanities Invade Knowledge Society Those Where Written

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I'm in no way saying that women can't take a tough code review. I'm saying that no one should have to take one in a boy-puerile atmosphere.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Atmosphere Code Review Saying Should Take Tough Way Women

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I came of technical age with UNIX, where I learned with power-greedy pleasure that you could kill a system right out from under yourself with a single command.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Age Came Command Could Learned Out Pleasure Right Single System Technical Unix Where You Yourself I Came

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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

Topics: Beings Computers Efficient Elements Engineering Human Human Beings Introduced Making More Strategy System 1960S

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Professions

Born: Unknown

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