Programming Quotes

653 quotes by 371 authors

Programming is similar to a game of golf. The point is not getting the ball in the hole but how many strokes it takes. — Hayley Mills
The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs can't… — Hayley Mills
Computer science is to biology what calculus is to physics. It's the natural mathematical technique that best maps the character of the subject. — Harold Morowitz
You have to honor failure, because failure is just the negative space around success. — Richard R. Nelson
A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking. — Seymour Papert
My basic idea is that programming is the most powerful medium of developing the sophisticated and rigorous thinking needed for mathematics, for grammar, for physics,… — Seymour Papert
A class, in Java, is where we teach objects how to behave. — Richard E. Pattis
Code should run as fast as necessary, but no faster; something important is always traded away to increase speed. — Richard E. Pattis
Programming languages, like pizzas, come in only too sizes; too big and too small. — Richard E. Pattis
The discipline of programming is most like sorcery. Both use precise language to instruct inanimate objects to do our bidding. Small mistakes in programs or… — Richard E. Pattis
The structure of a software system provides the ecology in which code is born, matures, and dies. A well-designed habitat allows for the successful evolution… — Richard E. Pattis
The three most important aspects of debugging and real estate are the same: Location, Location, and Location. — Richard E. Pattis
When teaching a rapidly changing technology, perspective is more important than content. — Richard E. Pattis
When building a complex system, having crackerjack programmers (who can make any design work, even a bad one) can be a liability. The result, after… — Richard E. Pattis
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming. — Alan Perlis
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. — Alan Perlis
Any noun can be verbed. — Alan Perlis
I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of… — Alan Perlis
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting… — Alan Perlis
Optimization hinders evolution. — Alan Perlis

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