If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as 'lines produced' but as 'lines spent.' — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
One can think effectively only when one is willing to endure suspense and to undergo the trouble of searching. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The proof of a high education is the ability to speak about complex matters as simply as possible. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Pascal (Object Pascal - Free Pascal) for real programmers, Delphi for Nerds... C/C++ for people who always wishes to do things like… — Rejie Roque Copy Share Image
That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally… — George Boole Copy Share Image
Computer science is to biology what calculus is to physics. It's the natural mathematical technique that best maps the character of the… — Harold Morowitz Copy Share Image
There is a construct in computer programming called 'the infinite loop' which enables a computer to do what no other physical machine… — John Maeda Copy Share Image
The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets. — Shawn Fanning Copy Share Image
A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
A most important, but also most elusive, aspect of any tool is its influence on the habits of those who train themselves… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so,… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two human errors, one of… — Tom Gilb Copy Share Image
In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering. — William James Copy Share Image
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code. — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
The sole justification of teaching, of the school itself, is that the student comes out of it able to do something he… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming. — Alan Perlis 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
I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination. — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
No matter how slick the demo is in rehearsal, when you do it in front of a live audience, the probability of… — Mark Gibbs Copy Share Image
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