What did Brian Kernighan mean by: 90% of the functionality delivered now is better than 100% delivered never. - Brian Kernighan Computer Scientist · Canada Copy
+ An effective way to test code is to exercise it at its natural boundaries Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Brian Kernighan, Exercise, 0 - Brian Kernighan Computer Scientist · Canada
+ Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs. Feraz Zeid, October 13, 2023December 26, 2023, Brian Kernighan, Bugs, Class, 0 - Brian Kernighan Computer Scientist · Canada
+ Believe the terrain, not the map Feraz Zeid, July 1, 2023December 12, 2023, Brian Kernighan, Believe, Maps, 0 - Brian Kernighan Computer Scientist · Canada
+ If you had done something twice, you are likely to do it again. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Brian Kernighan, Mathematical, Mathematics, 0 - Brian Kernighan Computer Scientist · Canada
+ Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Brian Kernighan, Defeat, Purpose, 0 - Brian Kernighan Computer Scientist · Canada
+ If you’re as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it? Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Brian Kernighan, Clever, Debugging, Writing, 0 - Brian Kernighan Computer Scientist · Canada
+ Mechanical rules are never a substitute for clarity of thought. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Brian Kernighan, Clarity, Substitutes, 0 - Brian Kernighan Computer Scientist · Canada
+ Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023February 5, 2024, Brian Kernighan, Essence, Simplicity, Technology, 0 - Brian Kernighan Computer Scientist · Canada
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
