Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code is a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
~ Martin Golding
software development
Debugging vs. Programming
If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
~ Edsger Dijkstra
Programming
Without requirements or design, programming is the art of adding bugs to an empty text file.
~ Louis Srygley
How Projects Really Work
Writing good comments
Writing good comments can be as difficult as writing the program itself. It is an art well worth cultivating.
~ Bjarne Stroustrup
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a quality that decides between success and failure.
~ Edsger Dijkstra
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
~ Edsger Dijkstra
Program Testing
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!
~ Edsger Dijkstra
