Programming Quotes

“The programmer's task is not to write programs but to design them.”

“Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code.”

“We're moving from systems that are programmed to systems that learn.”

“That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.”

“You are absolutely deluded, if you think that threads do anything to speed you up. They only slow you down.”

“Find bugs, fix bugs, find bugs, fix bugs. That's what we do.”

“We're all lazy. That's what makes us good programmers.”

“Documentation is the castor oil of programming. Managers think it is good for programmers and programmers hate it!”

“A programming language is a medium of expression.”

“First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.”

“To me, programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.”

“Shut up and hack.”

“Becoming a programmer was like being reborn. I could build things, and that was incredibly satisfying.”

“When in doubt, use brute force.”

“For twenty years I have been successfully hiding behind the slogan of 'I am a programmer'. From now on I shall be forced to say that I am a scientist, and for the rest of my life I shall have to live up to the title.”

“Intentional Programming is about expressing the programmer's intent directly in the code.”

“Java is the most distressing thing to happen to computing since MS-DOS.”

“For me, the names of variables are very important.”

“Optimization hinders evolution.”

“Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).”