109: (Default)
109 ([personal profile] 109) wrote2007-11-08 12:00 am

random quotes

Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. - Isaac Asimov

The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late. - Seymour Cray

It's a little-known fact that the Y1K problem caused the Dark Ages. - Unknown author

Programming is like sex, one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. - Michael Sinz

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. — Martin Golding.

Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle. — Steinbach's Guideline for Systems Programmers.

Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein

The only thing more frightening than a programmer with a screwdriver is a hardware engineer with a program. - me

bonus for ivan_ghandhi:
Seen on a California license plate on a VW Beetle: 'FEATURE'

[identity profile] andreyvo.livejournal.com 2007-11-08 10:59 am (UTC)(link)
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live - это фразочка несколько двусмысленная: есть вариант что код для маньяка нужно писать мега-убогий и по возможности обфускейтить везде, где только можно, чтоб было чем человеку заняться.

[identity profile] ivan-gandhi.livejournal.com 2007-11-08 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Shit, it never occurred to me that I am a bug driver...

[identity profile] anton-solovyev.livejournal.com 2007-11-08 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
В cookie file!