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

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