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Brian Kernighan Quotes: If you had done something twice, you are likely to do it again.
         

If you had done something twice, you are likely to do it again.


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Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.



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Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.



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The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements.



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90% of the functionality delivered now is better than 100% delivered never.



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... it is a fundamental principle of testing that you must know in advance the answer each test case is supposed to produce. If you don't, you are not testing; you are experimenting.



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