Quotes tagged under programming

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The older I get, the more I believe that the only way to become a better programmer is by not programming.

-- Jeff Attwood

This is essentially what a program was, a love letter from the programmer to the hardware, full of the intimate details known only to partners in an affair.

-- Michael Marcotty

In the end, regardless of where you are on the development hierarchy, keep coding. It’s where you’re most valuable.

-- The Developer's Code

Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment.

-- Kent Beck

The sooner you start to code, the longer the program will take.

-- Roy Carlson

Good programming is 99% sweat and 1% coffee.

-- anonymous

Ready, fire, aim: the fast approach to software development. Ready, aim, aim, aim, aim: the slow approach to software development.

-- anonymous

Without requirements or design, programming is the art of adding bugs to an empty text file.

-- Louis Srygley

First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.

-- John Johnson

To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.

-- Grace Hopper