... an initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
“Pragmatic Programmers won't sit idly by and watch their projects fall apart through neglect.” — Andrew Hunt Copy Share Image
As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
“Brook’s Law: “Adding more programmers to a late project makes it later.” — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals. — Henry Spencer Copy Share Image
Finding a technical cofounder would have been difficult for me. I was an English major and didn't know any computer programmers. — Jessica Livingston Copy Share Image
If you think you're a really good programmer... read Knuth's Art of Computer Programming... You should definitely send me a resume if… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I'm always thinking about songs, I'm thinking of life maybe a little bit more lyrically than a computer programmer or someone like… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
The effective exploitation of his powers of abstraction must be regarded as one of the most vital activities of a competent programmer. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Every application has an inherent amount of irreducible complexity. The only question is who will have to deal with it, the user… — Larry Tesler Copy Share Image
The programmers have another saying: 'The question of whether a machine can think is no more interesting than the question of whether… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
When designers replaced the command line interface with the graphical user interface, billions of people who are not programmers could make use… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
I think once the artistic world of the type designer merged with the scientific world of the computer programmer, you began to… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Object-oriented programming as it emerged in Simula 67 allows software structure to be based on real-world structures, and gives programmers a powerful… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
Programmers are always surrounded by complexity; we cannot avoid it… If our basic tool, the language in which we design and code… — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
Computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
... programming requires more concentration than other activities. It's the reason programmers get upset about 'quick interruptions' - such interruptions are tantamount… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
In our daily lives as programmers, we process text strings a lot. So I tried to work hard on text processing, namely… — Yukihiro Matsumoto Copy Share Image
Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“Why is it that we reward programmers who work all night to remove the errors they put into their programs, or managers… — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
Pinball games were constrained by physical limitations, ultimately by the physical laws that govern the motion of a small metal ball. The… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“You see, programmers tend to be arrogant, self-absorbed introverts. We didn’t get into this business because we like people. Most of us… — Robert C. Martin Copy Share Image
With software products, it is usual to find that the software has major 'bugs' and does not work reliably for some users...… — David Parnas Copy Share Image
The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind-computer programmers who could crank… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
When the words are fuzzy, the programmers reflexively retreat to the most precise method of articulation available: source code. Although there is… — Amari Cooper Copy Share Image
Testing by itself does not improve software quality. Test results are an indicator of quality, but in and of themselves, they don't… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code. — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel. — Bjarne Stroustrup Copy Share Image
We have to stop optimizing for programmers and start optimizing for users. — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple. — Grady Booch Copy Share Image
Mentally mutilated potential programmers beyond hope of regeneration. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Common programmer thought pattern: there are only three numbers: 0, 1, and n. — Joel Spolsky Copy Share Image
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
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