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UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.

Doug A. Gwyn (contemp.) American computer scientist
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The idea that an arbitrary naive human should be able to properly use a given tool without training or understanding is even more wrong for computing than it is for other tools (e.g. automobiles, airplanes, guns, power saws).

Doug A. Gwyn (contemp.) American computer scientist
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