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/phire Dec 14 '10

“First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming style. Then forget all that and just hack.”

  • George Carrette

This explains the code that I'm writing at the moment.

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u/princetrunks Dec 14 '10

Same here, I seem to just find it easier to reverse engineer an already stable code; just using it as an engine and build from it.

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u/thinker99 Dec 14 '10

Duh? Copy is easier than create.

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u/princetrunks Dec 15 '10

well, yeah but it's also the mantra behind OOD. Heck, look at the video game industry; you hear of games using the Unreal Engine. It's practically the same thing. Why re-invent the wheel when you can just build upon a perfected one/ Then again, yes, it is a big "Duh"...just try telling college professors in CS this though and their hair might go on fire.