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(C++) Quotes

 

A collection of my favorites quotes, including my own.

 

Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.

Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman

 

 

 

 

 

Hoe ga ik dit nu programmeren zonder na te denken?

Joost van den Bogaart

 

Translation: How am I going to program this without thinking?

 

 

 

 

 

Programmeer zo dat je code als poezie leest.

Richel Bilderbeek

 

Translation: do program in such a way that your code reads like poetry.

 

 

 

 

 

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.

Alan Perlis

 

 

 

 

 

Programmeer zo dat je ook dronken je code zou kunnen onderhouden.

Richel Bilderbeek

 

Translation: do program in such a way that you would also be able to maintain your code when drunk.

 

 

 

 

 

If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.

Henry Spencer

 

 

 

 

 

Eerst is de compiler je vijand, vervolgens je vriend, vervolgens je vriendin.

Richel Bilderbeek

 

Translation: at first, your compiler is your enemy, later it becomes your friend and later it becomes your girlfriend.

 

 

 

 

 

Van mijn std::vector bestaat deze index zeker.

Many, many of my students before an access violation

 

Translation: I am really sure that this is a valid index in my std::vector

 

 

 

 

 

Waarom zou ik een array gebruiken? Ik pak gewoon een StringGrid die ik onzichtbaar maak.

Joost van den Bogaart

 

Translation: Why would I want to use an array? I just use a StringGrid and make it invisible.

 

 

 

 

 

Hoe beter je iets geprogrammeerd hebt, hoe saaier het is om je code te lezen.

Richel Bilderbeek

 

Translation: the better you've programmed something, the more boring it is to read your code.

 

 

 

 

 

If I did your homework for you, then you might pass your class without learning how to write a program like this. Then you might graduate and get your degree without learning how to write a program like this. You might become a professional programmer without knowing how to write a program like this. Someday you might work on a project with me without knowing how to write a program like this. Then I would have to do you serious bodily harm.

Jack Klein

 

From C++ FAQ Lite item 5.2: 'How do I get other people to do my homework problem for me?'.

 

 

 

 

 

'It just works' == 'It does something'

Richel Bilderbeek

 

 

 

 

 

 

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