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Famous Brian Kernighan Quotes
“Mechanical rules are never a substitute for clarity of thought.”
Source: Software Tools
“90% of the functionality delivered now is better than 100% delivered never.”
Source: The Practice of Programming
“Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.”
Source: Software Tools in Pascal
Source: C Programming Language
Source: The Elements of Programming Style
“Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs.”
“If you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?”
Source: The Elements of Programming Style
“Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.”
Source: The Elements of Programming Style
“If you had done something twice, you are likely to do it again.”
Source: The UNIX Programming Environment
Source: The Elements of Programming Style