Old programmers never die. They just branch out to a new address.
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Goto, n.: A programming tool that exists to allow structured programmers to complain about unstructured programmers.
quote by Ray Simard
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Real programmers don't write in PLI. PLI is for programmers who can't decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN.
Real programmers don't work from 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9am it's because they were up all night.
We have come through a strange cycle in programming, starting with the creation of programming itself as a human activity. Executives with the tiniest smattering of knowledge assume that anyone can write a program, and only now are programmers beginning to win their battle for recognition as true professionals. Not just anyone, with any background, or any training, can do a fine job of programming. Programmers know this, but then why is it that they think that anyone picked off the street can do documentation? One has only to spend an hour looking at papers written by graduate students to realize the extent to which the ability to communicate is not universally held. And so, when we speak about computer program documentation, we are not speaking about the psychology of computer programming at all - except insofar as programmers have the illusion that anyone can do a good job of documentation, provided he is not smart enough to be a programmer.
Gerald Weinberg in The Psychology of Computer Programming
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The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid.
quote by Lyn Nofziger
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The Tree And The Branch
the tree looks
upon a branch
where a ripe
fruit is hanging
the tree says
it is mine
the branch say
i am holding it
the tree says
the branch too
belongs to it
angry about the
tree's greed
the branch lets go off
the ripe fruit
a hungry child
picks it up
and goes home
with a happy heart
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Old programmers never die. They just can't C as well.
Branches In Time
A young tender
branch
is easily bent
into submission.
As time goes
by
maturity begins
to set in
the branch
grows stronger.
With each passing
day
she becomes able to
carry the leaves
attached
Until one day
raising her arms
high into the sky
a mature branch
emerges
refusing to bend
anymore.
poem by Heather Burns
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Y.. Tree of Life
The tree of life
It has a branch
A money making branch
The bigger the money making branch
The more comfortable our life
But if the money making branch
Is the only branch
On our tree of life
It is such an ugly and unstable tree.
A prayer and devotion branch
Will stabilize the tree of life
Let it be a real big branch
On your tree of life
But if only two branches on a tree
Imagine how ugly it would still be!
So let there be branches
Of Affability and Charity
Of Cheerfulness and Friendliness
Of Gentleness and Honesty
Of Humility and Compassion
Of Spirituality and Wisdom
Of Courage and Hard work
With these branches present,
It will carry soon the lush greenery
Of love and job satisfaction
And soon enough, the tree of life
Will bear the fruits
Of peace of mind and happiness.
A wonderful tree of life I wish you
with many fine branches
and lots of greenery and fruits.
poem by Aufie Zophy
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Programmers can be lazy.
quote by Larry Wall
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In the beginning, there were Real Programmers.
quote by Eric S. Raymond
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LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.
quote by Alan Perlis
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All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors.
The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late.
quote by Seymoure Cray
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Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers.
quote by Leonard Brandwein
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The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
quote by Bjarne Stroustrup
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Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.
quote by Larry Wall
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Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. :-)
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Real programmers are those that can sleep in front of terminals ... with their eyes opened.
My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers.
quote by Niklaus Wirth
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