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Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. - B

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. – Brian Kernighan

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Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you are as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it? – Brian Kernighan

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If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. – Edsger Dijkstra

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Programming languages should be designed not by piling feature on top of feature, but by removing the weaknesses and restrictions that make additional features appear necessary. – Author Unknown

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