Brian W. Kernighan: Programming

Brian W. Kernighan is Canadian computer scientist. Explore interesting quotes on programming.

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“Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?”

Brian W. Kernighan

" The Elements of Programming Style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Programming_Style", 2nd edition, chapter 2.

“Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.”

Brian W. Kernighan

Software Tools (1976), p. 319 (with P. J. Plauger).

“Advice to students: Leap in and try things. If you succeed, you can have enormous influence. If you fail, you have still learned something, and your next attempt is sure to be better for it. Advice to graduates: Do something you really enjoy doing. If it isn’t fun to get up in the morning and do your job or your school program, you’re in the wrong field.”

Brian W. Kernighan

"Leap In and Try Things: Interview with Brian Kernighan" https://web.archive.org/web/20110701151454/http://www.harmonyatwork.in/blog/2009/10/leap-in-and-try-things-brian-kernighan/ from Harmony at Work blog http://www.harmonyatwork.in/blog/.

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