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> [Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding the bad parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/most-programming-languages-contain-good-parts-and-bad-parts-i/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

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## More by Douglas Crockford

> [Progress comes from finding better ways to do things. Don't be afraid of innovation. Don't be afraid of ideas that are not your own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/progress-comes-from-finding-better-ways-to-do-things-don-t-be-afraid/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [“If you want to learn more about the bad parts and how to use them badly, consult any other JavaScript book.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/if-you-want-to-learn-more-about-the-bad-parts-and-how-to-use-them/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/javascript-is-the-only-language-that-i-m-aware-of-that-people-feel/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/most-programming-languages-contain-good-parts-and-bad-parts-i/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [ “suppress empty strings in the output array when the separator is a regular expression: var f = '\|a\|b\|c\|'.split(/\\\|/); // f is \['a', 'b', 'c'\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/suppress-empty-strings-in-the-output-array-when-the-separator-is-a/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [People who use Class will never understand all the crap they are doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/people-who-use-class-will-never-understand-all-the-crap-they-are-doing/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [“Few classical programmers found prototypal inheritance to be acceptable, and classically inspired syntax obscures the language’s true prototypal nature. It is the worst of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/few-classical-programmers-found-prototypal-inheritance-to-be/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/computer-programs-are-the-most-complex-things-that-humans-make/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/the-good-thing-about-reinventing-the-wheel-is-that-you-can-get-a/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/good-architecture-is-necessary-to-give-programs-enough-structure-to/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [“undefined and NaN are not constants. They are global variables, and you can change their values. That should not be possible, and yet it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/undefined-and-nan-are-not-constants-they-are-global-variables-and-you/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [Programmers are as emotional and irrational as normal people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/programmers-are-as-emotional-and-irrational-as-normal-people/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/generally-the-craft-of-programming-is-the-factoring-of-a-set-of/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [I have been writing JavaScript for 8 years now, and I have never once found need to use an uber function. The super idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/i-have-been-writing-javascript-for-8-years-now-and-i-have-never-once/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

> [Things don't change because people change their minds. They change because they retire or die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crockford/things-don-t-change-because-people-change-their-minds-they-change/)

[Douglas Crockford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crockford/)

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