Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration. – Stan Kelly-Bootle
The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state. – J.Osterhout
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. – Alan J. Perlis
There does not now, nor will there ever exist, a programming language in which it is the least bit hard to write bad programs. – Lawrence Flon
When a programming language is created that allows programmers to program in simple English, it will be discovered that programmers cannot speak English. – Author Unknown
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code. – Richard Pattis
When you catch bugs early, you also get fewer compound bugs. Compound bugs are two separate bugs that interact: you trip going downstairs, and when you reach for the handrail it comes off in your hand. – Paul Graham, “The Other Road Ahead,” 2001
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn. – Alan J. Perlis
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
