Activity Quote by Edsger Dijkstra

“Software is like a science. We show correctness by failing to prove incorrectness, despite our best efforts.”

— Robert C Martin

The effective exploitation of his powers of abstraction must be regarded as one of the most vital activities of a competent programmer.

— Edsger Dijkstra

The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer.

— Larry Wall

“The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user.”

— C.A.R. Hoare

“No amount of excellence on the part of a computer can lead to the solution of a problem if the problem has been incorrectly…

— Edward de Bono

“The art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity.”

— Marijn Haverbeke

“I conclude there are two ways of constructing software design: one way is to make it so simple there are obviously no deficiencies, and…

— Tony Hoare

“There are two ways of constructing a piece of software: One is to make it so simple that there are obviously no errors, and…

— Tony Hoare

It is a mistake to think that programmers wares are programs. Programmers have to produce trustworthy solutions and present it in the form of…

— Edsger Dijkstra

“Most arguments are about programming; most resolutions are reached through a process of unlearning then relearning.”

— Oli Anderson

Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what…

— Donald Knuth

“Having developers share responsibility for the quality of the systems they build not only improves outcomes but also accelerates learning.”

— Gene Kim