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Programming Quotes by John Carmack
- Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can,…
- Because of the nature of Moore's law, anything that an extremely clever graphics programmer can do at one point can be replicated by a merely…
- Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul.
- The cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to…
- The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with…
- The situation is so much better for programmers today - a cheap used PC, a linux CD, and an internet account, and you have all…
- The important point is that the cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the…
- It is not that uncommon for the cost of an abstraction to outweigh the benefit it delivers. Kill one today!
- One of the big lessons of a big project is you don't want people that aren't really programmers programming, you'll suffer for it!
- In the information age, the barriers [to entry into programming] just aren't there. The barriers are self imposed. If you want to set off and…
More Programming Quotes
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair
- They know enough who know how to learn. — Henry Adams
- I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should… — Ray Bradbury
- Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share… — John Carmack
- Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming. — P.J. O'Rourke
- Whenever you feel upset, take full responsibility for the emotions that you are experiencing. Get to work as quickly as possible identifying… — Ken Keyes Jr.
- Our knowledge and understanding of nonhuman animals is polluted far more than we acknowledge by our belief in our own superiority, our… — Will Tuttle