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The meaning of one size fits all
Posted in Quotes with tags all, fits, one size on 13/09/2009 by hotrao“One size fits all”: Doesn’t fit anyone.
Anonymous
The meaning of no maintenance
Posted in Quotes with tags fix, impossible, maintenance, no on 12/09/2009 by hotrao“No maintenance”: Impossible to fix.
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The meaning of new
Posted in Quotes with tags color, different, model, new on 11/09/2009 by hotrao“New”: Different color from previous model.
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Foolproof operation
Posted in Quotes with tags adjustment, foolproof, operation, provision on 10/09/2009 by hotrao“Foolproof operation”: No provision for adjustment.
Anonymous
Right vs fast
Posted in Quotes with tags Fast, right on 08/09/2009 by hotraoMake it right before you make it faster.
Anonymous
Laws of debugging
Posted in Quotes with tags algorithm, bugs, code, comment, document, floating point, patch on 07/09/2009 by hotrao- Don’t comment or patch bad code; rewrite it.
- Don’t compare floating point numbers solely for equality.
- Don’t diddle code to make it faster; find a better algorithm.
- Don’t document the program; program the document.
- Don’t stop at one bug.
- Every bug you find is the last one.
- Every program is either trivial or it contains at least one bug.
- In God we trust; all else we walk through.
- Know Thy User.
- Let the machine do the dirty work.
Anonymous
Systems and fools
Posted in Quotes with tags fool, Systems on 06/09/2009 by hotraoDesign a system any fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.
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Computers, humans and reliability
Posted in Quotes with tags computer, Gilb, humans, reliable, unreliable on 05/09/2009 by hotraoComputers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable.
Gilb
On code and comments
Posted in Quotes with tags agree, code, comment on 09/09/2009 by hotraoMake sure comments and code agree.
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