IT Quotes, Explaining Software and Programmers

IT Quotes, Explaining Software and Programmers 


UNIX is simple. But It just needs a genius to understand its simplicity. 
--Dennis Ritchie 


Before software can be reusable, it first has to be usable. 
--Ralph Johnson 





Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.. 
--Fred Brooks 


It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it. It's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free. 
-- Steve McConnell Code Complete 


The trouble with the world is that the stupid are sure and the intelligent are full of doubt. 
--Bertrand Russell 



If debugging is the process of removing bugs,Then programming must be the process of putting them in. 
--Edsger Dijkstra 


You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, You cannot have both at the same time. 
--Bertrand Meyer 


There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third works. 
--Alan J. Perlis 


Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. 
--Bill Gates 


Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs. The Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots, So far the Universe is winning. 
--Anon 


Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. 
Practice is when something works, but you don't know why it works. 
Programmers combine Theory and Practice: Nothing works and they don't know why. 


No matter how slick (efficient) the demo is in rehearsal, When you do it in front of a live audience The probability of a flawless presentation Is inversely proportional to the number of people watching, Raised to the power of the amount of money involved.