Enlightening: 10 famous sayings about programming

Guidance:ProgramMembers in the worldFamous sayingWhat about it? Jun Auza lists some enlightening famous sayings, mostly from experienced people in the industry.

The first 10 items are listed below:

10. "People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just should people doing things that build on each other, like a wall of mini stones" -- Donald knuth

10. "People think that computer science is the art of genius, but the opposite is true: it's just that many people work on things built together, just like a trail made of small stones ." -- Donald knuth

9. "First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming style. Then forget all that and just hack" -- George carrette

9. "First, I learned computer science and all theories, and then developed a programming style. Then I had to forget all this and explore it in a free way ." -- George carrette

8. "Most of you are familiar with the birth es of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris" -- Larry Wall

8. "Most of you are familiar with the virtues of programmers. There are three points: laziness, impatience, and arrogance ." -- Larry Wall

7. "Most software today is very much like an egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves "-- Alan Kay

7. "Most of today's software is like the egyptian pyramid. It is built up by millions of bricks and is separated by layers. Without the entire structure, it is built by the forces of animals and thousands of slaves ." -- Alan Kay

6. "The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late" -- Seymour Cray

6. "The programmer's problem is that it's not too late to know what a programmer is doing ." -- Seymour Cray

5. "To iterate is human, to recurse divine" -- l. Peter Deutsch

5. "Humans understand iterations, and God understands recursion ." -- Peter Deutsch

4. "On two occasions I have been asked [by Members of Parliament]: 'Pray, mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out? 'I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that cocould provoke such a question "-- Charles Babbage

4. "Two times I was asked by a Member of Parliament: 'Mr. Babbage. Will the correct answer come out if you enter wrong data from a computer? 'I cannot understand the confusion of the brain that can cause this problem ." -- Charles Babbage

3. "Most good programmers do programming not because they Except CT to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program" -- Linus Torvalds

3. "Most good programmer programming is not for money or fame, but for pure pleasure ." -- Linus Torvalds

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

2. "During programming, I always want to maintain you.CodeA person will be a violent mental patient who knows where you live ." -- Martin Golding

1. "There are two ways of constructing a software design. one way is to make it so simple that there are obviusly no deficiencies. and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies "-- C. a.r. hoare

1. "There are two ways to generate a software design solution. One is to make it so simple that there is obviously no vulnerability. The other is to make it so complex that no obvious vulnerability exists ." -- C. a.r. Hoare

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