Questions tagged [quotations]
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Torvalds' quote about good programmer [closed]
Accidentally I've stumbled upon the following quote by Linus Torvalds:
"Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about
data structures and their relationships."
I've thought ...
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What did Bill Gosper mean by saying a data structure is just a stupid programming language? [closed]
There's a quotation by Ralph William Gosper, Jr that says:
A data structure is just a stupid programming language.
What did he mean by this? Alas, all I can find in Google about it is relentless ...
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What does the Jamie Zawinski's quotation about regular expressions mean? [duplicate]
In a message to comp.emacs.xemacs, Jamie Zawinski once said:
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.
I've always had ...
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What did Linus Torvalds mean by his quotation about portability? [closed]
In a debate with Andrew Tanenbaum over microkernel vs. monolithic operating system architecture, Linus Torvalds said,
Portability is for people who cannot write new programs.
What did he mean by ...
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What did Alan Perlis mean regarding the ways to write error-free programs? [closed]
There's a quotation by Alan J. Perlis that says:
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
I recently heard this quote from my friend, and was unable to understand ...
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What's your favourite quote about programming? [closed]
What's your favourite quote about programming?
One quote per answer, and please check for duplicates before posting!