Programmer Quotes

75 quotes by 52 authors

The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever… — Edsger Dijkstra
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. — Alan Perlis
Like the famous mad philosopher said, when you stare into the void, the void stares also; but if you cast into the void, you get… — Charles Stross
At forty, I was too old to work as a programmer myself anymore; writing code is a young personâ€™s job. — Michael Crichton
Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer. — Edsger Dijkstra
The best programs are written so that computing machines can perform them quickly and so that human beings can understand them clearly. A programmer is… — Donald Knuth
The government does things like insisting that all encryption programs should have a back door. But surely no one is stupid enough to think the… — Kevin Mitnick
I was hired as a computer programmer for a national laboratory at age 15. — Andy Weir
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. — Larry Wall
From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost… — Yukihiro Matsumoto
I am a programmer. — Ken Thompson
Then I started graduate school at UCLA. I got a part time research assistant job as a programmer on a project involving the use of… — Jon Postel
I am a composer, horn player, and computer programmer. — Robert Patterson
And, I think that is actually appropriate because I'm really not the world's best programmer, I think it's a good thing that I'm not touching… — Brian Behlendorf
Guide a man to a programming solution and you make him a programmer for a day; teach a man programming concepts and you make him… — Beesock

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