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Classic Programming Quotes

42 points by tzury 16y ago

rednum 16y ago
Similar submission for those who want more programing quotes (recently was also posted on HN): http://www.devtopics.com/101-great-computer-programming-quotes/ http://www.devtopics.com/101-great-computer-programming-quot...
WalterBright 16y ago
"I came, I coded, I crashed" -- Julius C'ster
WalterBright 16y ago
"The double is cast" -- Julius C'ster
- jrockway 16y ago
  "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" -- Program using cstrs.
WalterBright 16y ago
"If you must break the loop, do it to sieze power; in all other cases continue." -- Julius C'ster
djacobs 16y ago
Saying that Java is good because it works on all platforms is like saying anal sex is good because it works on all genders. Okay, let's be clear. Anachronistic != Classic.
alkavan 16y ago
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. - Brian Kernighan my fav :)
__mt0d 16y ago
Complementary: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/58640/great-programming-quotes-closed http://stackoverflow.com/questions/58640/great-programming-q...
bradly 16y ago
"Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll use regular expressions.' Now they have two problems."
- forkandwait 16y ago
  "Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll use XML.' Now they have two problems."
  - forkandwait 16y ago
    Downvoting? This is actually the quote I heard, though I know regexp'es are older than XML (and a good deal more useful, if you ask me).
- bajsejohannes 16y ago
  I find this quote funny, but untrue. If you use regular expressions for the right problems, you solve the problem. If you use it for the wrong problems, well, then regular expressions aren't where you should put the blame.
amalcon 16y ago
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. -C.A.R. Hoare
DanielRibeiro 16y ago
There are two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors. - Twitted to death. My source: http://twitter.com/#!/leahculver/status/26690101915 http://twitter.com/#!/leahculver/status/26690101915
Tycho 16y ago
"When it came to programming, I was the 'go-to' guy in the office. I didn't know how to write loops."
angrycoder 16y ago
There are three ways of doing things around here: the right way, the wrong way, and the way that I do it. Robert De Niro ~ Casino
gruseom 16y ago
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/quotes-uncovered-the-universe-and-stupidity/ http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/quotes-unco...

42 points by tzury 16y ago

Similar submission for those who want more programing quotes (recently was also posted on HN): http://www.devtopics.com/101-great-computer-programming-quotes/ http://www.devtopics.com/101-great-computer-programming-quot...

WalterBright 16y ago

"I came, I coded, I crashed" -- Julius C'ster

WalterBright 16y ago

"The double is cast" -- Julius C'ster

jrockway 16y ago
"Segmentation fault (core dumped)" -- Program using cstrs.

WalterBright 16y ago

"If you must break the loop, do it to sieze power; in all other cases continue." -- Julius C'ster

djacobs 16y ago

Saying that Java is good because it works on all platforms is like saying anal sex is good because it works on all genders. Okay, let's be clear. Anachronistic != Classic.

alkavan 16y ago

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. - Brian Kernighan my fav :)

__mt0d 16y ago

Complementary: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/58640/great-programming-quotes-closed http://stackoverflow.com/questions/58640/great-programming-q...

bradly 16y ago

"Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll use regular expressions.' Now they have two problems."

forkandwait 16y ago
"Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll use XML.' Now they have two problems."
- forkandwait 16y ago
  Downvoting? This is actually the quote I heard, though I know regexp'es are older than XML (and a good deal more useful, if you ask me).
bajsejohannes 16y ago
I find this quote funny, but untrue. If you use regular expressions for the right problems, you solve the problem. If you use it for the wrong problems, well, then regular expressions aren't where you should put the blame.

amalcon 16y ago

There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. -C.A.R. Hoare

DanielRibeiro 16y ago

There are two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors. - Twitted to death. My source: http://twitter.com/#!/leahculver/status/26690101915 http://twitter.com/#!/leahculver/status/26690101915

Tycho 16y ago

"When it came to programming, I was the 'go-to' guy in the office. I didn't know how to write loops."

angrycoder 16y ago

There are three ways of doing things around here: the right way, the wrong way, and the way that I do it. Robert De Niro ~ Casino

gruseom 16y ago

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/quotes-uncovered-the-universe-and-stupidity/ http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/quotes-unco...