“Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.” IfsShouldWritingRealHardCodeProgrammingCommentProgrammersComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageComputer ProgrammersWriting Code Author:Tom Van Vleck
“I don't know how to stop it, there was never any intent to write a programming language [...] I have absolutely no idea how to write a programming language, I just kept adding the next logical step on the way.” KnowsWayWritingIdeasNextLanguageStepsKnow HowNo IdeaProgrammingLogicalProgramming Languages Author:Rasmus Lerdorf
“Rewrite and revise. Do not be afraid to seize what you have and cut it to ribbons ... Good writing means good revising.” WritingMeanLearningCuttingProgrammingGood WritingRibbonsRevising Author:William Strunk, Jr.
“You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.” KnowsWritingSaidTimeMathematicsMathSatisfiedMathematicalProgrammingLengthStatisticsMore TimeFew Words Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
“The reason why people think of programming as being hard is because you're writing down a general rule which is going to be used for lots of instances that a particular instance must process correctly.” PeopleThinkingWritingHardReasonUsedProcessParticularInstanceReason WhyProgramming Author:Gerald Jay Sussman
“When I write a song, I always start on acoustic guitar, because that's a good test of a song, when it's really open and bare. You can often mislead yourself if you start with computers and samples and programming because you can disguise a bad song.” IfsWritingSongComputerTestsGuitarProgrammingDisguiseMisleadAcousticsSampleAcoustic Guitar Author:Martin Gore