Quotes About Programming

Another shell glob character, the question mark (?), instructs the shell to match exactly one arbitrary character. For example, b?at matches boat and brat.

Programming is about managing complexity: the complexity of the problem, laid upon the complexity of the machine. Because of this complexity, most of our programming projects fail.

La capacidad de la mente consciente de obviar la programación del subconsciente es la base del libre albedrío.

Achor's studies emphasize that we have been culturally programmed to believe that if we reach our goals (when we get into Harvard, lose twenty pounds, get a high-paying job, etc.), then we'll be happy. However, this formula for happiness is actually inverted: happiness fuels success, not the other way around.

The science and engineering of programming just isn't good enough to produce flawless software, and that isn't going to change anytime soon. The

int i = inputStream.read(readData); while (i != -1) { outputStream.write(readData, 0, i);

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

I have been wildly enthused about gaming since I was younger, and a career path I chose not to go down but did really consider was getting into programming and game design.

I grew up doing sitcoms and theater and even playing with the Beach Boys, where you're programmed to perform, your body gets into a rhythm and you know it has to perform.

Youku Tudou is a hybrid, like combining Netflix and YouTube. Like Netflix, with Youku, which launched in 2005, we syndicate a library of longform content and create original content. The Tudou model started with user-generated content but is increasingly becoming about partner-generated programming.

By delivering a wide array of programming to YouTube, the NBA will be able to connect with its existing worldwide fan base and reach a vast new audience that is passionate about basketball.

Technically, web browsers can control what users see, and sites using Javascript can overwrite anything coming from the original authors. Browsers heavily utilize Javascript to create an interactive Internet; sites like YouTube, Facebook, and Gmail could be crippled without it.

With 'Scratch,' you create computer programs by snapping together graphical programming blocks, much like LEGO bricks, without any of the obscure syntax and punctuation of traditional programming languages. After creating an interactive 'Scratch' project, you can share it on the 'Scratch' website, just as you would share videos on YouTube.

The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.

I can't understand why TV tries to appeal to youth.

When I am starting a new game, I have to program it for the Apple, because I want to get all of the markets.

This does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet through csh's head.

When you program, you want to think you're writing the best possible program for the... for the task you're trying to solve.

Simulation is no substitute for math—it could never provide a proof—but if Peskin's conjecture was false, this approach would save me a lot of time by revealing a counterexample. This sort of evidence is extremely valuable in math. When you're trying to prove something, it helps to know it's true. That gives you the confidence you need to keep searching for a rigorous proof. Programming

Nonetheless, you can start trying out generics and extended for loops today.

There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers.

Gates's implicit criticism of Gmail was that it was wasteful in its means of storing each email. Despite his currency with cutting-edge technologies, his mentality was anchored in the old paradigm of storage being a commodity that must be conserved. He had written his first programs under a brutal imperative for brevity. And Microsoft's web-based email service reflected that parsimony. The young people at Google had no such mental barriers.

There are fun programs with jokes in them, there are exciting programs which do The Right Thing, and there are sad programs which make valiant tries but don't quite fly.

To hackers, a program was an organic entity that had a life independent from that of its author.