Quotes+From+Programmers

Quotes From Programmers Here are some fun quotes from programmers.

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 * “The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.”
 * Edsger W. Dijkstra
 * “Never trust a computer you can’t throw out the window.”
 * Steve Wozniak
 * “Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.”
 * Brian Kernigan
 * “Complexity kills. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges, and it causes end-user and administrator frustration.”
 * Ray Ozzie
 * “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.”
 * C.A.R. Hoare
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“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.”
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; list-style-type: square; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rich Cook
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0b5394; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0b5394; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.”
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; list-style-type: square; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">Larry Wall
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.”
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; list-style-type: square; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">Larry Wall
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.”
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; list-style-type: square; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alan J. Perlis