Top 10 Programming Quotes of All Time

According to Wikipedia's description of Computer programming (often shortened to programming) "is the comprehensive process that leads from an original formulation of a computing problem to executable programs." Programming involves activities such as analysis, understanding, solving problems, testing, debugging and maintaining the source codes. Various programmers have also their own inspirations and some of them were quotes from the famous industry leaders who had, in one way or another, contributed in the development of the software industry today. We have collected some of the world's famous quotes from legendary visionaries who will served as inspirations for programmers. Some of the thoughts below came from famous in the industry, while others came from not-so-famous people, but nevertheless, they are all witty and we hope that you will find them fascinating and englightening. Here's are our Top 10 Famous Programming Quotes of All Time: 1. “There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.” - C.A.R. Hoare 2. "Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program." - Linus Torvalds 3. "Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." - Martin Golding 4. “The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late.” - Seymour Cray 5. “First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming style. Then forget all that and just hack.” - George Carrette 6. "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan. 7. "Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight." - Bill Gates 8. “The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of design, or problem-solving ability.” - Randall E. Stross 9. “For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.” - Bill Bryson 10. “You can’t have great software without a great team, and most software teams behave like dysfunctional families.” - Jim McCarthy