Competitive/Collaborative Programming Class

ICPC Computer Programming Contest Prep

Problem Solving in Computer Science

Fall 2024 -- CSC 2700 Section 01
1720 Business Education North Wing, 6:00 PM - 7:50 PM



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Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively
--Dalai Lama XIV
Happiness should be a function without any parameters.
--Pranshu Midha
Perl – The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.
--Keith Bostic
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
--Unix Fortune
There ain't no rules around here. We are trying to accomplish something.
--Thomas Edison
First solve the problem. Then, write the code.
--Waseem Latif
Some of the best programming is done on paper, really. Putting it into the computer is just a minor detail.
--Max Kanat-Alexander
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
--Nartin Fowler
The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris. See the Camel Book for why.
--perldoc perl
Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
--Martin Fowler
The issue of finding the best possible answer or achieving maximum efficiency usually arises in industry only after serious performance or legal troubles.
--Steven S. Skiena
That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.
--Larry Niven
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
--John Ciardi