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Programming languages, like pizzas, come in only two sizes: too bi

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

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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

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Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. – Martin Fowler

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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

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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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