Xavier Leroy Quotes

born 1968 France

Xavier Leroy (born March 15, 1968) is a French computer scientist and programmer. He is best known for his role as a primary developer of the Objective Caml system.

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Also known as: Xavier leroy

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If Bordeaux red wines were carbonated, McDonald's would be a lot more interested in selling them.

A few programming is taking you away from mathematics; a lot will get you back in.

Source: Xavier Leroy (2007)

You see, the Caml garbage collector is like a god from ancient mythology: mighty, but very irritable. If you mess with it, it'll make you suffer in surprising ways.

Repeat after me: "Obj.magic is not part of the OCaml language".

I was walking in the city the other day. I saw a syringe lying on the sidewalk. I stuck the needle in my forearm. That was a classy neighborhood, so the use of the syringe seemed justified.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Xavier Leroy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.