wow! very interesting! loved it, mate. cheers! prateek agarwal. On 7/16/10, The Elf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ahahahahahahahahaha! these are great, love it! > > thanks, I needed a laugh right now, > elf > Moderator, Blind Access Help > Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises > Specialists in customized computers and peripherals > - own the might and majesty of a Alacorn! > www.alacorncomputer.com > proprietor, The Grab Bag, > for blind computer users and programmers > http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jacob Kruger > To: Program-l > Cc: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:53 AM > Subject: Notable programming quotes > > > > > > > > > Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if > both are frozen. > > > > Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a > violent psychopath who knows where you live. > > > > Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. > Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by > definition, not smart enough to debug it. > > > > The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development > time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the > development time. > > > > Linux is only free if your time has no value. > > > > It works on my machine. > > > > It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever > consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would > instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could > be given as a parameter. > > > > If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming > must be the process of putting them in. > > > > A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in > human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. > > > > The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer > is doing until it's too late. > > > > Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft > building progress by weight. > > > > There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make > it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is > to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first > method is far more difficult. > > > > With regard to adding more programmers to get a project done faster...Nine > people can't make a baby in a month. > > > > A programmer started to cuss > Because getting to sleep was a fuss > As he lay there in bed > Looping 'round in his head > was: while(!asleep()) sheep++; > > > > Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning. > > > > You can stand on the shoulders of giants OR a big enough pile of dwarfs, > works either way. > > > > Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build > bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce > bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. > > > > An idiot with a computer is a faster, better idiot > > > > We better hurry up and start coding, there are going to be a lot of bugs > to fix. > > > > A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart > things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do > incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match. > > > > Mostly, when you see programmers, they aren't doing anything. One of the > attractive things about programmers is that you cannot tell whether or not > they are working simply by looking at them. Very often they're sitting there > seemingly drinking coffee and gossiping, or just staring into space. What > the programmer is trying to do is get a handle on all the individual and > unrelated ideas that are scampering around in his head. > > > > I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. > > > > > > > > > > > Jacob Kruger > Blind Biker > Skype: BlindZA > '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5280 (20100715) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind