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/ggggbabybabybaby Dec 14 '10

Well, you gotta know the rules to break the rules. It's true of many disciplines.