Programming Quotations
"Programming can be fun, so can cryptography; however they should not be combined." -- Kreitzberg and Shneiderman
"Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind." -- Donald Knuth
"The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time." -- Tom Cargill
"Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable." -- Ralph Johnson
"Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning." -- Anon
"There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third works." -- Alan J. Perlis
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H L Mencken
"One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs." -- Robert Firth
"I've finally learned what "upward compatible" means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes." -- Dennie van Tassel
More programmlng quotes can be found here.
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Posted by: Jimbo at September 6, 2006 12:22 PM(HTML code is disabled)
http://swobodin.fedora-tn.org/?p=381
Programming is something that converts hours of effort into frustration and despondency.
(part of a multiple-choice question at uni)
Posted by: Mo at September 13, 2006 11:31 AM