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When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove def

When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code. – 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 sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. – Rich Kulawiec

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It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter. – Nathaniel S. Borenstein

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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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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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