Quotes by Programming Ask not first what the system does; ask what it does it to! Bertrand Meyer programmingdoefirsts Perfect reusable components are not obtained at the first shot. Bertrand Meyer programmingperfectfirsts Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it. Bertrand Russell programminglearninglanguage There is this thing called the GPL (Gnu Public Licence), which we disagree with... nobody can ever improve the software. Bill Gates disagreeprogrammingsoftware I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining Bjarne Stroustrup programmingsupportlanguage A good threat is worth a thousand tests. Boris Beizer programmingbugstests Bugs lurk in corners and congregate at boundaries. Boris Beizer programmingbugsboundaries In programming, it’s often the buts in the specification that kill you. Boris Beizer specificationsprogramming A good way to have good ideas is by being unoriginal. Bram Cohen programmingwayideas Experimental evidence is the final arbiter of right and wrong. Brian Greene programmingevidencefinals The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements. Brian Kernighan debuggingprogrammingtools Don't document bad code - rewrite it. Brian Kernighan software-engineeringcode-qualityprogramming Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders. Carl Friedrich Gauss mathematicianshouldersprogramming We don't have much time, so we don't teach them; we acquaint them with things that they can learn. Charles E. Leiserson programmingteachlearning Programming in machine code is like eating with a toothpick Charles Petzold programmingmachineseating Don't tell television, but there is some superior programming being made on the Interwebz. Chris Hardwick programmingmadetelevision By becoming mindful of our cultural programming, we can step out of it. Christiane Northrup programmingbecomingsteps Never hesitate to ask a lesser person. Confucius programmingchineselearning C++ tries to guard against Murphy, not Machiavelli. Damian Conway programminglanguagetrying And C++ programming languages, we own those, have licensed them out multiple times, obviously. We have a lot of royalties coming to us from C++. Darl McBride programmingroyaltylanguage«1234567891011»
