In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. — Albert Einstein 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
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn… — Jacques Barzun 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… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
There is a race between the increasing complexity of the systems we build and our ability to develop intellectual tools for understanding… — Leslie Lamport Copy Share Image
“Lip was in his element. Him and his languages. His linguistic abilities didn’t just stop at Pig Latin, like the rest of… — Dave Buschi Copy Share Image
A programming language that is sort of like Pascal except more like assembly except that it isn't very much like either one,… — Raymond Simard Copy Share Image
I don't know how to stop it, there was never any intent to write a programming language [...] I have absolutely no… — Rasmus Lerdorf Copy Share Image
To treat programming scientifically, it must be possible to specify the required properties of programs precisely. Formality is certainly not an end… — Jim Horning Copy Share Image
Any programming language is at its best before it is implemented and used. Anything is possible, anything can happen. On a flimsy… — August Strindberg 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
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
A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
