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If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming mus

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

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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure. – Edsger Dijkstra

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The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. – Edsger Dijkstra

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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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[A]nd then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match. – Bill Bryson

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

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A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. – Doug Linder

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