LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.
quote by Alan Perlis
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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.
Lucky Lisp
When your gift unfurls
When your talent becomes apparent
I will roar from the stalls
I will gurgle from the circle
The saints smile shyly
Down on you
Oh, they couldnt get over
Your nine-leaf clover
Oh, lucky lisp was not wasted on you
Lucky lisp wasnt wasted on you
When your names with the best
Will my name be on your guest list ?
And I will roar from the stalls
Ooh, the balcony fool was me, you fool
Jesus made this all for you, love (you, love)
He couldnt get over
Your grandmas omen
Oh, lucky lisp was not wasted on you
Lucky lisp wasnt wasted on you
Da-da-da...
song performed by by Morrissey
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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 COST...by Talile Ali
V1
ALWAYS AVOIDED FAME
AFRAID TO PAY THE COST
LOSS OF FAMILY
FRIEND'S WHO ALL ARE LOST
THERE IS NO DENYING
THE NEED TO SERVE IS STRONG
THE COST OF SERVICE EXPENSIVE
THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT'S WRONG
CHORUS
BUT IT'S THE COST
IT'S THE COST
GOTTA PAY THE PIPER
OR ELSE YOU'LL BE TOSSED
IT'S THE COST
V2
LOVE IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE
HEART IS STRONG AND TRUE
EPIPHANIES ARE FLOWING
WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU
SO I WRITE AND PERFORM
AND YOU SEE MY NEED
TO DO THIS HERE SERVICE
FOR EVERYONE'S THAT'S PLEASED
JAM FOR 24 BARS
CHORUS
BUT IT'S THE COST
IT'S THE COST
GOTTA PAY THE PIPER
OR ELSE YOU'LL BE TOSSED
IT'S THE COST
FADE OUT
poem by Talile Ali
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Old programmers never die. They just can't C as well.
Old programmers never die. They just branch out to a new address.
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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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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Cost-benefit analysis
Any government economic project
Should involve cost-benefit analysis
Before implementation.
Calculation of cost must involve
Market survey cost, establishment cost, labor cost
Production cost, marketing cost and so forth.
Calculation of benefit must include
Financial benefit, social benefit
Political benefit and so on.
The governments should take into account
Whether there is skilled manpower
In the country to run the project or not?
They should also consider
The possibility of change
Of technology to be used
In near future in other countries.
Thus the viability of the project
Can be justified before implementation
In order to avoid wastage of money and time.
poem by Asif Andalib
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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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My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers.
quote by Niklaus Wirth
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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.
Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they get paid to do it. There are other professions like that, but not that many.
quote by Linus Torvalds
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