Remember that there is no code faster than no code.
— Taligent’s Guide to Designing Programs
More good code has been written in languages denounced as “bad” than
in languages proclaimed “wonderful” — much more.
— Bjarne Stroustrup, “The Design and Evolution of C++” (1994)
Smart data structures and dumb code works alot better than the other
way around.
— Eric S. Raymond, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar”
It’s hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without
glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn’t a book on
software design.
— Bruce Tognazzini
Fools ignore complexity; pragmatists suffer it; experts avoid it;
geniuses remove it.
— Alan Perlis
Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new
wing to a building as being maintenance.
— Jim Horning
Programming is similar to a game of golf. The point is not getting the
ball in the hole but how many strokes it takes.
— H. Mills
Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy
if both are frozen.
— Edward V. Berard
If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a
shower, you are not ready to code it.
— Richard Pattis
If you are not an open-source enthusiast at 20, you have no heart. If
you are still an open-source enthusiast at 30, you’re an idiot.
— Cedric Beust