As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we… — Maurice Wilkes Copy Share Image
Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind. — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
A printer consists of three main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Unless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result. — Alan Turing 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
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
Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than… — Dick Brandon Copy Share Image
I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my… — Maurice Wilkes Copy Share Image
Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching… — Kristen Wilson Copy Share Image
When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
If you don't want to be replaced by a computer, don't act like one. — Arno Allan Penzias Copy Share Image
