CodeQuotes » Bugs http://codequotes.com random technology quotations Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:38:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Johnson: Reusable http://codequotes.com/2006/08/09/johnson-reusable http://codequotes.com/2006/08/09/johnson-reusable#comments Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:58:56 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/08/09/johnson-reusable “Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable.”

— Ralph Johnson

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/08/09/johnson-reusable/feed 0 Brown: Bugs and features http://codequotes.com/2006/08/08/brown-bugs-and-features http://codequotes.com/2006/08/08/brown-bugs-and-features#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:58:11 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/08/06/brown-bugs-and-features “Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.”

— Bruce Brown

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/08/08/brown-bugs-and-features/feed 0 Wilkes: Debugging http://codequotes.com/2006/08/06/wilkes-debugging http://codequotes.com/2006/08/06/wilkes-debugging#comments Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:54:21 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/08/06/wilkes-debugging “As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn’t as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be discovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs.”

— Maurice Wilkes

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/08/06/wilkes-debugging/feed 0 Hein: Road to wisdom http://codequotes.com/2006/04/10/hein-road-to-wisdom http://codequotes.com/2006/04/10/hein-road-to-wisdom#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:29:41 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/04/10/hein-road-to-wisdom The road to wisdom? — Well, it’s plain
and simple to express:
Err
and err
and err again
but less
and less
and less.

— Piet Hein, Grooks

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/04/10/hein-road-to-wisdom/feed 0 Parnas: Software systems http://codequotes.com/2006/04/05/parnas-software-systems http://codequotes.com/2006/04/05/parnas-software-systems#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:05:46 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/04/05/parnas-software-systems “As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.”

— Dave Parnas

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/04/05/parnas-software-systems/feed 0 Kernigan: Debugging http://codequotes.com/2006/04/04/kernigan-debugging http://codequotes.com/2006/04/04/kernigan-debugging#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:02:41 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/04/05/kernigan-debugging “Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.”

— Brian Kernigan

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/04/04/kernigan-debugging/feed 0 Maguire: Trying solutions http://codequotes.com/2006/04/02/maguire-trying-solutions http://codequotes.com/2006/04/02/maguire-trying-solutions#comments Sun, 02 Apr 2006 10:58:28 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/04/02/maguire-trying-solutions “Don’t keep “trying” solutions until you find one that works. Take the time to find the correct solution.”

— Steve Maguire, Writing Solid Code

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/04/02/maguire-trying-solutions/feed 0 Beizer: Bugs lurk in corners http://codequotes.com/2006/03/27/beizer-bugs-lurk-in-corners http://codequotes.com/2006/03/27/beizer-bugs-lurk-in-corners#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:03:21 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/03/27/beizer-bugs-lurk-in-corners “Bugs lurk in corners and congregate at boundaries.”

— Boris Beizer

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/03/27/beizer-bugs-lurk-in-corners/feed 0 Dykstra: Bugs and programming http://codequotes.com/2006/03/10/dykstra-bugs-and-programming http://codequotes.com/2006/03/10/dykstra-bugs-and-programming#comments Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:01:30 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/03/10/dykstra-bugs-and-programming “If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.”

— C. A. Dykstra

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/03/10/dykstra-bugs-and-programming/feed 0 Dijkstra: Bugs and testing http://codequotes.com/2006/03/06/edsger-dijkstra-bugs-and-testing http://codequotes.com/2006/03/06/edsger-dijkstra-bugs-and-testing#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:30:45 +0000 Neal Enssle http://codequotes.com/2006/03/06/edsger-dijkstra-bugs-and-testing “Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!”

— Edsger Dijkstra

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