Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Good Quotes

UNIX is simple. But It just needs a genius to understand its simplicity.
--Dennis Ritchie

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.
-Steve McConnell Code Complete (Very True)

Good code is its own best documentation. As you're about to add a comment, ask yourself, 'How can I improve the code so that this comment isn't
needed?'
Improve the code and then document it to make it even clearer.
--Steve McConnell Code Complete

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment..
--Fred Brooks

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. (very much True)
--Bill Gates

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs. The Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning.
--Anon (ha..ha..ha)

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