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If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking

If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, e.g., with no external memory aids, you are not ready to code it. – Richard Pattis

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The New Testament offers the basis for modern computer coding theory, in the form of an affirmation of the binary number system. “But let your communication be Yea, yea; nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.” Matthew 5:37 – Author Unknown

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Programming languages, like pizzas, come in only two sizes: too big and too small. – Richard Pattis

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We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. – C.A.R. Hoare, quoted by Donald Knuth

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At Group L, Stoffel oversees six first-rate programmers, a managerial challenge roughly equivalent to herding cats. – The Washington Post Magazine, 9 June 1985

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