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Programming Wisdom

@CodeWisdom
Programming wisdom and quotes throughout the years. The Knuth, the whole Knuth, and nothing but the Knuth, so help me Codd.
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    Programming Wisdom
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    Aug 11
    "Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do." - John Carmack
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    Aug 11
    “A plan is an example of what could happen, not a prediction of what will happen.” - Kent Beck
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    Aug 8
    Nowadays, any code you're responsible for that you haven't looked at probably was written by something else.
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    Apr 3, 2018
    “Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else. ” - Eagleson's law
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    Programming Wisdom
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    Apr 22
    "Your personal character directly affects your ability to write computer programs. The characteristics that matter most are humility, curiosity, intellectual honesty, creativity and discipline, and enlightened laziness." - Steve McConnell
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    Apr 21
    "Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else." - Eagleson's law

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