September 14, 2008
Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.
Larry Wall
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 W. Kernighan
If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
Edsger Dijkstra
The sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous Scheduler
When a programming language is created that allows programmers to program in simple English, it will be discovered that programmers cannot speak English.
Anonymous Linguist
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August 22, 2008
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded.
The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking.
May 18, 2008
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
‘Classic.’ A book which people praise and don’t read.
Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.
Don’t tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
May 26, 2008
Man is the only animal that blushes – or needs to.
Never put off till to-morrow what you can do day after to-morrow just as well.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.
Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
