Programming is the art of thinking really hard about how to avoid having to think really hard. --unknown There is nothing good or bad about knowledge itself; morality lies in the application of knowledge. --Jon Erickson It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical? --Alan J. Perlis Delivering good software today is often better than perfect software tomorrow, so finish things and ship. --David Thomas You are not reading this book because a teacher assigned it to you, you are reading it because you have a desire to learn, and wanting to learn is the biggest advantage you can have. --Cory Althoff But while you can always write 'spaghetti code' in a procedural language, object-oriented languages used poorly can add meatballs to your spaghetti. --Andrew Hunt Not only is this incomprehensible, but the ink is ugly and the paper is from the wrong kind of tree. --Professor W. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. --Martin Fowler
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