Logo
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

Other quotes by Edsger Dijkstra

It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. – Edsger Dijkstra

Category:
good
Author
Edsger Dijkstra
Read Quote

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

Category:
Failure
Author
Edsger Dijkstra
Read Quote

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

Category:
Education
Author
Edsger Dijkstra
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Programming
category

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

Category:
Programming

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

Category:
Programming
[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

Category:
Programming

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations…. They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them “operators” or “programmers.” – Peter F. Drucker

Category:
Programming

Random Quotes

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. – Cyril Connolly

Category:
War

I dont need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me. – Stephen Fry

Category:
Age

Idleness is the beginning of all vices. – Proverb

Category:
Idleness

When ATM machines came out and people were prosecuted for robbing ATM machines, I dont think anybody thought the banks were against technology because they didnt want their ATM machines lifted. – Hilary Rosen

Category:
Technology