We know about as much about software quality problems as they knew about the Black Plague in the 1600s. We've seen the victims' agonies and helped burn the corpses. We don't know what causes it; we don't really know if… — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
Real programmers don't work from 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9am it's because they were up all night. — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
Real programmers don't write in PL/I. PL/I is for programmers who can't decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN. — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
We know about as much about software quality problems as they knew about the Black Plague in the 1600s. We've seen the victims' agonies… — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand. — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
I remarked to Dennis that easily half the code I was writing in Multics was error recovery code. He said, "We left all that… — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
