Argument Quote by Larry Wall Download Open image “If you want your program to be readable, consider supplying the argument.” — Larry Wall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Argument Ifs Program Programming Want
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
When you write a program, think of it primarily as a work of literature. You're trying to write something that human beings are going… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
What I do instead is I will cheerfully spend literally hours on identifier names: variable names, method names, and so forth, to make my… — Joshua Bloch Copy Share Image
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you program, you want to think you're writing the best possible program for the... for the task you're trying to solve. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
“complicated code is a sign that you don't understand your program well enough to make it simple.” — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
Well, take it from an old hand: the only reason it would be easier to program in C is that you can't easily express… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Well, you might as well imitate your own program because if you don't, someone else will. — Allan Sherman Copy Share Image
A program is a spell cast over a computer, turning input into error messages — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Programs are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers to execute. — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Take Lisp, you know its the most beautiful language in the world -- at least up until Haskell came along. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing? — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
While I have historically been a late worker, you know, sometimes I even like to get up early and see what's happened in the… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good. — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public sector can… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
“Arguments led by subjectivity are a waste of time. And, if they take place online, add to that, a waste of one’s keyboard.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Don't get divorced after your first argument! I have a lot of friends that have one fight and that's it, they get divorced. I… — Kelly Ripa Copy Share Image
