Quote by Edsger Dijkstra
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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Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if thats what it is, that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. – 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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Ready, fire, aim: the fast approach to software development. Ready, aim, aim, aim, aim: the slow approach to software development. – Author Unknown

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

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

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Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. – Martin Golding

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The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. – Elbert Hubbard

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No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obamas story. But since the Inauguration, weve seen only the presidents present: his perfect family, his Ivy League elegance, his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle. – Dee Dee Myers

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Now the melancholy God protect thee, and the tailor make thy garments of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is opal. – William Shakespeare, The Twelfth Night

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I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned. – Shimon Peres

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