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Brian Kernighan
8 quotes
“Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.”
Brian Kernighan (born 1942) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Software Tools (1976), p. 319 (with P. J. Plauger).
“The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements.”
Brian Kernighan (born 1942) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Unix for Beginners" (1979).
“Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?”
Brian Kernighan (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.”
Brian Kernighan (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Advice to students: Leap in and try things. If you succeed, you can have enormous influence. If you fail, you have still learned something, and your next attempt is sure to be better for it. Advice to graduates: Do something you really enjoy doing. If it isn’t fun to get up in the morning and do your job or your school program, you’re in the wrong field.”
Brian Kernighan (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“C is a razor-sharp tool, with which one can create an elegant and efficient program or a bloody mess.”
Brian Kernighan (born 1942) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Practice of Programming (1999)
“Mechanical rules are never a substitute for clarity of thought.”
Brian Kernighan (born 1942) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Software Tools (1976)
“Associative arrays are very very useful things and if you are only going to have one data structure that's the one to have. Because you could build everything else with it if you want.”
Brian Kernighan (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source