If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. -
The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of
the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the
other 90% of the development time. –
“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.”-
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. –
“Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.” –
“The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late.” –
Programming today is a race between software engineers
striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the
Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the
Universe is winning. –
“Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.” –
“Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday’s code.” –
Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen. –
