Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
Get the weirdnesses into the data where you can manipulate them easily, and the regularity into the code because regular code is a lot… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one. — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
An effective way to test code is to exercise it at its natural boundaries — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
As we said in the preface to the first edition, C "wears well as one's experience with it grows." With a decade more experience,… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
Trivia rarely affect efficiency. Are all the machinations worth it, when their primary effect is to make the code less readable? — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
C is a razor-sharp tool, with which one can create an elegant and efficient program or a bloody mess. — Brian Kernighan 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 possible, you… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
Another effective [debugging] technique is to explain your code to someone else. This will often cause you to explain the bug to yourself. Sometimes… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
... it is a fundamental principle of testing that you must know in advance the answer each test case is supposed to produce. If… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway. — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
![“Another effective [debugging] technique is to explain your code to someone else. This will often cause you to explain the bug to yourself. Sometimes it takes no more than a few sentences, followed by an embarrassed "Never mind, I see what's wrong. Sorry to bother you." This works remarkably well…” quote by Brian Kernighan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fb9/brian-kernighan-27197_bears_another-effective-debugging-technique-is_1618728.jpg)
