Code Quote by Richard E. Pattis Download Open image “When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code.” — Richard E. Pattis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Code Computer Computer language Computer programmers Computer programming Computer science Computer software Debugging Defective Developers Experts Insert Novices Programmers Programming Programming languages Quality Remove Software Software design Software development Software engineering Testing
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the one to put them in — Arshad Feeroz Copy Share Image
If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Another effective [debugging] technique is to explain your code to someone else. This will often cause you to explain the bug to yourself. Sometimes… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
“In debugging, errors are seen not as false but as fixable. This is a state of mind that makes it easy to learn from… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“Debugging: what an odd word. As if "bugging" were the job of putting in bugs, and debugging the task of removing them. But no.… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
If you want more effective programmers, you will discover that they should not waste their time debugging, they should not introduce the bugs to… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
Testing proves a programmer’s failure. Debugging is the programmer’s vindication. — Boris Beizer Copy Share Image
“debugger, a tool that will preserve your C source code after compilation and enable you to do such things as step through it manually,… — Wiki Books Copy Share Image
Treating your users as co-developers is your least-hassle route to rapid code improvement and effective debugging. — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
If there is a bug in your code than you have to drop everything you're doing and go fix it. — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, you are not ready to code it. — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
Programming languages, like pizzas, come in only too sizes; too big and too small. — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
Code should run as fast as necessary, but no faster; something important is always traded away to increase speed. — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
When building a complex system, having crackerjack programmers (who can make any design work, even a bad one) can be a liability. The result,… — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
The discipline of programming is most like sorcery. Both use precise language to instruct inanimate objects to do our bidding. Small mistakes in programs… — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
When teaching a rapidly changing technology, perspective is more important than content. — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
The structure of a software system provides the ecology in which code is born, matures, and dies. A well-designed habitat allows for the successful… — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
The three most important aspects of debugging and real estate are the same: Location, Location, and Location. — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
At the deepest level, all living things that have ever been looked at have the same DNA code. And many of the same genes. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
It is no secret that I have read 'The Da Vinci Code' several times. I genuinely believe that 'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Angels… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Programmers are always surrounded by complexity; we cannot avoid it.... If our basic tool, the language in which we design and code our programs,… — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code. — Ken Thompson Copy Share Image
It would be a piece of ingenuousness to accuse the man of today of his lack of moral code. The accusation would leave him… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
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I kind of pride myself on coming onto things that are well-oiled machines and finding a way to bring what I bring and fit… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
When we`re done simplifying the tax code, getting the lobbyist carve outs our of the tax code, lowering our rates and letting people have… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The tax code is 10 times the size of the Bible with none of the good news. — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The Cheney team had, for example, technological supremacy over the National Security Council staff. That is to say, they could read their e-mails. I… — Lawrence Wilkerson Copy Share Image
[T]he tax code has been piling up, year after year, a symbol of everything gone wrong in America, of arrogant rulers and lost freedom,… — Dick Armey Copy Share Image