The question was:
>In reviewing a very fine book on programming, who was quoted to say: > "The compiler should stop anyone implementing Runnable > who hasn't read this book."
I had several good responses that mentioned Martin Fowler, but then went and cited the wrong book (usually one of his). Other people mentioned a (similar) book but didn't mention Martin. The best correct response was given by Harsha Sanjeewa:
"Martin Fowler on Doug Lea's Concurrent Programming in Java: Design Principles and Patterns"
A signed copy of Struts in Action is also going to Shane Miggens for suggesting this hard-to-google quote.
NEXT:
There are many answers to this question, but only one is the infamous quote I have in mind:
"Open source developers don't make backups, they ..."
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Answers will be summarized to the list, so feel free to try and amuse us =:)
The winner will be selected at random (or at least arbitrarily) from the correct responses. [The correct response being the one I expected =:)]
The contest will run until Friday, October 3, 2003, 23:59:59, so everyone has a chance to participate.
The lucky winner selected from the correct responses will receive a signed copy of Struts in Action.
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Thanks to Arunkumar for suggesting this quote! In appreciation, Arun will be also be receiving a signed copy of Struts in Action.
If you have an interesting science fiction or computer science quote that is hard to google, please send it to me. The first to suggest a quote that we use also wins!
-Ted.
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-- Ted Husted, Junit in Action - <http://www.manning.com/massol/>, Struts in Action - <http://husted.com/struts/book.html>, JSP Site Design - <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1861005512>.
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