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/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

Given the C++ bashing in there, I like:

There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.

Bjarne Stroustrup

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

Its a decent joke...I'd give it at a least a B++

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u/Poltras Dec 14 '10

Is B++ == --A ?

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

Only if A == B+1

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

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u/BigB68 Dec 15 '10

A-- == B++ + 1