Claims Quote by Linus Torvalds

Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.

— Linus Torvalds

“one thing that separates good programmers from bad programmers is that good programmers are more facile at jumping between layers of abstraction—they can keep…

— Peter Seibel

The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity…

— Randall E. Stross

Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.

— Marissa Mayer

Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and…

— Douglas Crockford

Good programmers know what's beautiful and bad ones don't.

— David Gelernter

I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.

— Kent Beck

The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late.

— Seymour Cray

Good programmers stay open minded to that even though there is no obvious way to improve what they've done they... they keep looking and…

— Bill Gates

Humans make mistakes. Programmers are bound to make mistakes. Hackers, you can bet your life, are going to be there to exploit those mistakes.

— Michael Demon Calce

A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.

— Doug Linder

Programmers have not been professionals because they haven't really cared about quality.

— Jessica Livingston