Quotes by Programming Ask not first what the system does; ask what it does it to! Bertrand Meyer programming doe firsts Perfect reusable components are not obtained at the first shot. Bertrand Meyer programming perfect firsts Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it. Bertrand Russell programming learning language There is this thing called the GPL (Gnu Public Licence), which we disagree with... nobody can ever improve the software. Bill Gates disagree programming software I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining Bjarne Stroustrup programming support language A good threat is worth a thousand tests. Boris Beizer programming bugs tests Bugs lurk in corners and congregate at boundaries. Boris Beizer programming bugs boundaries In programming, it’s often the buts in the specification that kill you. Boris Beizer specifications programming A good way to have good ideas is by being unoriginal. Bram Cohen programming way ideas Experimental evidence is the final arbiter of right and wrong. Brian Greene programming evidence finals The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements. Brian Kernighan debugging programming tools Don't document bad code - rewrite it. Brian Kernighan software-engineering code-quality programming Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders. Carl Friedrich Gauss mathematician shoulders programming We don't have much time, so we don't teach them; we acquaint them with things that they can learn. Charles E. Leiserson programming teach learning Programming in machine code is like eating with a toothpick Charles Petzold programming machines eating Don't tell television, but there is some superior programming being made on the Interwebz. Chris Hardwick programming made television By becoming mindful of our cultural programming, we can step out of it. Christiane Northrup programming becoming steps Never hesitate to ask a lesser person. Confucius programming chinese learning C++ tries to guard against Murphy, not Machiavelli. Damian Conway programming language trying 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 programming royalty language «1234567891011»
