Re: Who said that?

[Shae Matijs Erisson <address@hidden>]

Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org> writes:

> At 10:25 PM -0700 7/17/03, Aaron Leung wrote:
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>> there's a quote whose source and exact wording I can't recall.  The
>> sentiment goes something like: "When you read about it, [blank]; when you
>> can teach it, [another blank]; when you can program it, you understand."
>> Does anyone know what this quote is?
>
> There's also my favorite "If you can't fit the explanation on a t-shirt you
> don't really understand it"

Recently on the #haskell channel, Taylor Campbell came up with the
Hindley-Milner T-Shirt...
Now you can have one for yourself: http://www.cafeshops.com/skicalc
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