2009-12-28

On Software


UNIX is simple. But It just needs a genius to understand its simplicity. 
--Dennis Ritchie 
Before software can be reusable, it first has to be usable. 
 --Ralph Johnson 
    
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. 
--Fred Brooks 
    
It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; 
It's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free. 
-- Steve McConnell Code Complete 
    
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are sure and the  intelligent are full of doubt. 
--Bertrand Russell 
  
If debugging is the process of removing bugs, 
Then programming must be the process of putting them in. 
--Edsger Dijkstra 
  
You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic; 
You cannot have both at the same time. 
--Bertrand Meyer 
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third works. 
--Alan J. Perlis 
  
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring  aircraft building progress by weight. 
--Bill Gates 
  
The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. 
The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time. 
--Tom Cargill 
  
Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs. 
The Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. 
So far the Universe is winning. 
--Anon 
Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. 
Practice is when something works, but you don't know why it works. 
Programmers combine Theory and Practice: Nothing works and they don't know why. 
  
 The Six Phases of a Project: 
·         Enthusiasm 
·         Disillusionment 
·         Panic 
·         Search for the Guilty 
·         Punishment of the Innocent 
·         Praise for non-participants 



The lesson that both Steve Jobs & Bill Gates have taught us: - 

No matter how slick (efficient) the demo is in rehearsal, 
When you do it in front of a live audience   
The probability of a flawless presentation   
Is inversely proportional to the number of people watching

Ankit
www.gettingmoneywise.com

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