------------------------------ UNIX is simple. But It just needs a genius to understand its simplicity. -Dennis Ritchie ------------------------------ Before software can be reusable, it first has to be usable. -Ralph Johnson ------------------------------ Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. -Fred Brooks ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. -Edsger Dijkstra ------------------------------ You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic; You cannot have both at the same time. -Bertrand Meyer ------------------------------ There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third works. -Alan J. Perlis ------------------------------ Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. -Bill Gates ------------------------------ The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 10% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time. -Tom Cargill ------------------------------ 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. -Anonymous ------------------------------ Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why it works. Programmers combine Theory and Practice: Nothing works and they don't know why. -Anonymous ------------------------------ The Six Phases of a Project: * Enthusiasm * Disillusionment * Panic * Search for the Guilty * Punishment of the Innocent * Praise for non-participants -Anonymous ------------------------------ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are sure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -Bertrand Russell |
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