Errors Quote by Paul Dickson Download Open image “All real programs contain errors until proved otherwise which is impossible.” — Paul Dickson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Errors Impossible Program Real
The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs… — Harlan Mills Copy Share Image
The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs… — Hayley Mills Copy Share Image
“Software is like a science. We show correctness by failing to prove incorrectness, despite our best efforts.” — Robert C Martin Copy Share Image
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever. — Niklaus Wirth Copy Share Image
The first step in fixing a broken program is getting it to fail repeatably [on the simplest example possible]. — Tom Duff Copy Share Image
“No program can say what another will do. Now, I won’t just assert that, I’ll prove it to you. I will prove that although… — Geoffrey K. Pullum Copy Share Image
“Fiddling with a program until it appears to work is a reliable way of obtaining a program that almost works” — Andrew Koenig Copy Share Image
The reality of most software development is that the consequences of failure are simply nonexistent. — Dan Kaminsky Copy Share Image
When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause. — Wietse Venema Copy Share Image
A businessman needs three umbrellas - one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train — Paul Dickson Copy Share Image
May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future. — Paul Dickson Copy Share Image
In any decision situation, the amount of relevant information available is inversely proportional to the importance of the decision. — Paul Dickson Copy Share Image
The great comfort of turning forty-nine is the realization that you are now too old to die young. — Paul Dickson Copy Share Image
Accuracy, Rule of, Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know there is a problem. — Paul Dickson Copy Share Image
Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. — Paul Dickson Copy Share Image
Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time. — Paul Dickson Copy Share Image
The odds are six to five that the light in the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train. — Paul Dickson Copy Share Image
Advice, First Law of: The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired. — Paul Dickson Copy Share Image
The more innocuous the name of a weapon, the more hideous its impact. Some of the most horrific weapons of the Vietnam era were… — Paul Dickson Copy Share Image
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Sometimes I envy painters, it is wonderful to remain in front of a bouquet of flowers a whole morning, or even longer. A photographer… — Edouard Boubat Copy Share Image
It is an error common to many artists, who strive merely to avoid mistakes, when all our efforts should be to create positive and… — Edward Steichen Copy Share Image
But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
An important finding is that by determining the genome sequences of an entire family, one can identify many DNA sequencing errors and thus greatly… — Leroy Hood Copy Share Image
It is often sadly remarked that the bad economists present their errors to the public better than the good economists present their truths. It… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Developing fewer features allows you to conserve development resources and spend more time refining those features that users really need. Fewer features mean fewer… — Jakob Nielsen Copy Share Image
Tachyon OPC+ is a natural extension of our market-winning Tachyon platform, giving customers a clear path to minimizing the OPC error budget and producing… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
It is not to everyone's taste that truth should be pronounced pleasant. But at least let no one believe that error becomes truth when… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
