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6 Brian Kernighan Quotes

Brian Kernighan gives plain-spoken, practical advice on programming and debugging that will help anyone looking to write clearer code.

Brian Kernighan quotes

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

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  2. 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?

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  3. 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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  4. Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.

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  5. First make it run, then make it run fast.

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  6. If you haven't used grep, you've missed one of the simple pleasures of life. [2]

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