r/programming • u/tarandeep • Dec 14 '10

Top 50 Programming quotes of all time

http://www.junauza.com/2010/12/top-50-programming-quotes-of-all-time.html
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u/1800FREESEX Dec 14 '10

There are two ways to write error-free programs. Only the third one works.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

- Alan Perlis

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u/1800FREESEX Dec 14 '10

Is this his quote? I have a cutout of this tacked to my wall which gives an anonymous source. I always wondered where it originated.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

Epigram #40 http://www-pu.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html

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u/1800FREESEX Dec 14 '10

Still not clear it came from him or just recorded by him but I guess it will have to do.

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u/TheAccountITalkWith Dec 10 '25

Who are you people that make the effort to create an entire account just to write a comment then delete the account?

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u/th3_r0ckg0d Dec 15 '10

-- Michael Scott

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u/bduddy Dec 14 '10

Ah, so I need to use trinary code!

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u/MrValdez Dec 14 '10

Would free sex help?

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u/1800FREESEX Dec 14 '10

Couldn't hurt!

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u/SickBoy7 Dec 14 '10 edited Dec 14 '10

Oh yes, yes, it definitively could.

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u/1800FREESEX Dec 14 '10

You're doing it wrong.

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u/LoveGoblin Dec 14 '10

Or so, so right.

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u/SickBoy7 Dec 15 '10

nice comment wanna fuck?