Software development Quotes
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- “Software is like sex: it’s better when it’s free.”
- - Linus Thorvalds
- “Programmers are tools for converting caffeine into code”.
- - Anonymous
- “Hacking is like sex. You get in, you get out, and hope that you didn’t leave something that can be traced back to you.”
- - Anonymous
- “A SQL query walks into a bar. He approaches two tables and says, ‘Mind if I join you?’ “
- - Anonymous
- “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live”
- - Martin Golding
- “You never finish a program, you just stop working on it.”
- - Anonymous
- “Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.”
- - Clifford Stoll
- “I have yet to meet a C compiler that is more friendly and easier to use than eating soup with a knife.”
- - Anonymous
- “Unix is user-friendly. It’s just very selective about who its friends are.”/h2>
- - Anonymous
- “There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don’t believe this to be a coincidence.”
- - Jeremy S. Anderson.
- “It’s 5.50 a.m…. Do you know where your stack pointer is ?”
- - Anonymous
- “Some people, when confronted with a problem, think ‘I know, I’ll use regular expressions’. Now they have two problems.”
- - Jamie Zawinski
- “Real programmers don’t write in BASIC. Actually, no programmers write in BASIC after reaching puberty.”
- - Anonymous
- “Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.”
- - Anonymous
- “If it works, leave it alone — there’s no need to understand it. If it fails, try to fix it — there’s no time to understand it.”
- - Bill Pfeifer
- “I don’t care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your machine!”
- - Vidiu Platon.
- “It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.”
- - Anonymous
- “The definition of an upgrade: Take old bugs out, put new ones in.”
- - Anonymous
- “If it’s not on fire, it’s a software problem.”
- - Anonymous
- “The only difference between a bug and a feature is the documentation.”
- - Anonymous
- “Programming is like sex: one mistake and you’re providing support for a lifetime.”
- - Michael Sinz
- “To work on a program with the compiler in debug mode and then to sell it compiling it without the debug option is like learning to swim with floaters and then taking them off to swim across the Atlantic.”
- - Anonymous
- “Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.”
- - Wirth’s law.
- “If you torture the data enough, it will confess.”
- - Ronald Coase
- “Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing.”
- - Dick Brandon
- “Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.”
- - Fred Brooks
- “Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable.”
- - Ralph Johnson
- - Anonymous
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“Software is like sex: it’s better when it’s free.”
- Linus Thorvalds
“Programmers are tools for converting caffeine into code”.
- Anonymous
“Hacking is like sex. You get in, you get out, and hope that you didn’t leave something that can be traced back to you.”
- Anonymous
“A SQL query walks into a bar. He approaches two tables and says, ‘Mind if I join you?’ “
- Anonymous
“Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live”
- Martin Golding
“You never finish a program, you just stop working on it.”
- Anonymous
“Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.”
- Clifford Stoll
“I have yet to meet a C compiler that is more friendly and easier to use than eating soup with a knife.”
- Anonymous
“Unix is user-friendly. It’s just very selective about who its friends are.”/h2>
- Anonymous
“There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don’t believe this to be a coincidence.”
- Jeremy S. Anderson.
“It’s 5.50 a.m…. Do you know where your stack pointer is ?”
- Anonymous
“Some people, when confronted with a problem, think ‘I know, I’ll use regular expressions’. Now they have two problems.”
- Jamie Zawinski
“Real programmers don’t write in BASIC. Actually, no programmers write in BASIC after reaching puberty.”
- Anonymous
“Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.”
- Anonymous
“If it works, leave it alone — there’s no need to understand it. If it fails, try to fix it — there’s no time to understand it.”
- Bill Pfeifer
“I don’t care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your machine!”
- Vidiu Platon.
“It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.”
- Anonymous
“The definition of an upgrade: Take old bugs out, put new ones in.”
- Anonymous
“If it’s not on fire, it’s a software problem.”
- Anonymous
“The only difference between a bug and a feature is the documentation.”
- Anonymous
“Programming is like sex: one mistake and you’re providing support for a lifetime.”
- Michael Sinz
“To work on a program with the compiler in debug mode and then to sell it compiling it without the debug option is like learning to swim with floaters and then taking them off to swim across the Atlantic.”
- Anonymous
“Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.”
- Wirth’s law.
“If you torture the data enough, it will confess.”
- Ronald Coase
“Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing.”
- Dick Brandon
“Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.”
- Fred Brooks
“Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable.”
- Ralph Johnson
“3 Biggest Software Lies:
- The program’s fully tested and bug-free.
- We’re working on the documentation.
- Of course we can modify it.”
- Anonymous
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patrick samples
06|Jun|2010 1programming is like talking to girls. you need point a and point b. there ya go. its simple.
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