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
Programming is similar to a game of golf. The point is not getting the ball in the hole but how many strokes… — Hayley Mills Copy Share Image
The three most important aspects of debugging and real estate are the same: Location, Location, and Location. — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering. — William James 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
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple. — Grady Booch Copy Share Image
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code. — Richard E. Pattis 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
I have always been making art from an early age but for nearly forty years did computer programming to earn a living.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the ratio of time spent reading versus writing is well over 10 to 1. We are constantly reading old code as… — Robert C. Martin 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
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
If I'm being completely honest, when it comes to artificial intelligence and computer programming... I bought this little book at Barnes and… — Karl Glusman Copy Share Image
“If I were king, I would redress an abuse which cuts back, as it were, one half of human kind. I would… — Émilie Du Châtelet Copy Share Image
Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling… — Tabatha Coffey 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
“Last year, 26 percent of Stanford’s undergraduate degrees were awarded in computer science or engineering, about three times as many as at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
I can only think that the book is read because it deals with the difficulties of schooling, which do not change. Please… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
The important point is that the cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost… — John Carmack 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
The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are… — Hayley Mills Copy Share Image
In the development of the understanding of complex phenomena, the most powerful tool available to the human intellect is abstraction. Abstraction arises… — Tony Hoare 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
I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an… — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
“I WANT TO end this list by talking a little more about the founding of Pixar University and Elyse Klaidman’s mind-expanding drawing… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
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