Programming Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Programming.
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“One in a million is next Tuesday.”
“Languages shape the way we think, or don't.”
“If you lie to the computer, it will get you.”
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.”
“Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.”
“Why bother with subroutines when you can type fast?”
“Programming: when the ideas turn into the real things.”
“Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.”
“There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.”
“Real Programmers always confuse Christmas and Halloween because Oct31 Dec25.”
“All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection.”
“Don't get suckered in by the comments … they can be terribly misleading.”
“Software and cathedrals are much the same – first we build them, then we pray.”
“Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.”
“Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write it should be hard to understand.”