Arithmetic Quote by Bertrand Meyer

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

— Grace Hopper

If you don't know how compilers work, then you don't know how computers work.

— Steve Yegge

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— Wiki Books

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— Erik Naggum

It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.

— Alan Perlis

It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.

— Alan Perlis

C++ is a pile of crap.

— Theo de Raadt

Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.

— Brian Kernighan

And no, I'm not a walking C++ dictionary. I do not keep every technical detail in my head at all times. If I did…

— Bjarne Stroustrup

C++ is a ridiculously complicated travesty that few have the excess IQ points to understand enough not to screw up massively.

— Tom Christiansen

C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible by the fact that a lot of substandard programmers use it, to the point where…

— Linus Torvalds

The precision provided (or enforced) by programming languages and their execution can identify lacunas, ambiguities, and other areas of potential confusion in conventional [mathematical]…

— Kenneth E. Iverson