Computer programming Quotes · Page 3

Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a building as being maintenance.

— Jim Horning

The real technology -behind all our other technologies- is language. It actually creates the world our consciousness lives in.

— Andrei Codrescu

I made my first website in sixth grade. I was the only girl in my computer programming class.

— iJustine

Code should run as fast as necessary, but no faster; something important is always traded away to increase speed.

— Richard E. Pattis

The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.

— John Ousterhout

You cannot teach beginners top-down programming, because they don't know which end is up.

— Tony Hoare

Computer programming is pretty much guaranteed income. I'm good at it, and I like it.

— Andy Weir

Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.

— Larry Wall

I will, in fact, claim that the difference between a bad programmer and a good one is whether he considers his code…

— Linus Torvalds

Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century,…

— Stephen Hawking

Computer Science is a science of abstraction -creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve…

— Alfred Aho

If our designs are failing due to the constant rain of changing requirements, it is our designs that are at fault. We…

— Robert Cecil Martin

In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have…

— Iain Banks

A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is…

— Bill Gates

I graduated from college with a 3.92 GPA with a degree in computer programming and a BFA in fine arts and animation.…

— JWoww

“Pascal (Object Pascal - Free Pascal) for real programmers, Delphi for Nerds... C/C++ for people who always wishes to do things like…

— Rejie Roque

Technology and computers are very much at the core of our economy going forward. To be prepared for the demands of the…

— Todd Park

I can only think that the book is read because it deals with the difficulties of schooling, which do not change. Please…

— Jacques Barzun

Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against…

— David Gelernter

The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are…

— Hayley Mills

When the words are fuzzy, the programmers reflexively retreat to the most precise method of articulation available: source code. Although there is…

— Amari Cooper

There is a race between the increasing complexity of the systems we build and our ability to develop intellectual tools for understanding…

— Leslie Lamport

It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it.

— Steve McConnell

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your…

— Steve McConnell

If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, you are not ready to code it.

— Richard E. Pattis

The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.

— Anonymous

If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.

— Shawn Fanning

“In programming the World Wide Computer, we will be programming our lives.”

— Nicholas Carr

The only people who have anything to fear from free software are those whose products are worth even less.

— David F. Emery

If you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?

— Brian Kernighan

The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.

— Grady Booch

One can think effectively only when one is willing to endure suspense and to undergo the trouble of searching.

— John Dewey

When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code.

— Richard E. Pattis

That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally…

— George Boole

In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.

— William James

The three most important aspects of debugging and real estate are the same: Location, Location, and Location.

— Richard E. Pattis

It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of Courage-to move in the opposite direction.

— Albert Einstein

The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.

— Robert Coveyou

It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins.

— Lou Gerstner

A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking.

— Seymour Papert