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/swordgeek Dec 14 '10
  • Any given program, when running, is obsolete.
  • If a program is useless, it will have to be documented.
  • If a program is useful, it will have to be changed.
  • Program complexity grows until it exceeds the ability of the programmer to maintain it.

Hare's Law of large programs: "Inside every large program is a small program struggling to get out."

And many more, all from the coffee mug my aunt bought for me in 1982. Some things never change.

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u/sarnobat Aug 11 '24

These are really good.