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Since we're sharing quotes, here are ten programming quotes that I like: * If C++ has taught me one thing, it's this: Just because the system is consistent doe
by winestock 16y ago
Since we're sharing quotes, here are ten programming quotes that I like:
* If C++ has taught me one thing, it's this: Just because the system is consistent doesn't mean it's not the work of Satan.
-- Andrew Plotkin
* We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.
-- Ellen Ullman
* I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
-- Bjarne Stroustrup
* F U cn rd dis U mst uz Unix.
-- Tim Roberts
* In computer science, we stand on each other's feet.
-- Brian Reid
* Ah programming, never before has a profession held itself in such low esteem.
-- Stevenvotich (http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8y348/my_programming_quotes_file_was_well_received_when/c0asp6j http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8y348/my_progra...)
* Now, I have to point out that making fun of Emacs Lisp is kind of like kicking a puppy... a puppy who's been dead since 1981.
-- Jamie Zawinski
* An operating system is a collection of things that don't fit into a language. There shouldn't be one.
-- Dan Ingalls, Design Principles Behind Smalltalk
* C will not only let you shoot yourself in the foot, it will hand you a new magazine when you run out of bullets.
-- Charlie Stross
* Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.
-- Donald Knuth
* The Advanced Automation System suffered from that peculiar form of dissociation from reality which seems to happen only when lawyers try to tell engineers what to do.
-- John J. Reilly (http://www.johnreilly.info/ggov.htm http://www.johnreilly.info/ggov.htm)
Yeah, I know; this list goes to eleven.
- mixmax 16y agoRelated to your list that goes to eleven: There are only two hard problems in Computer Science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.