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Brian Kernighan quotes: C is a razor-sharp tool, with which one can create an elegant and efficient program or a bloody mess.

C is a razor-sharp tool, with which one can create an elegant and efficient program or a bloody mess.

Brian Kernighan quotes: I really enjoyed Princeton as a graduate student.

I really enjoyed Princeton as a graduate student.

Brian Kernighan quotes: Mechanical rules are never a substitute for clarity of thought.

Mechanical rules are never a substitute for clarity of thought.

Brian Kernighan quotes: It's important to be informed about issues like usability, reliability, security, privacy, and some of the inherent limitations of computers.

It's important to be informed about issues like usability, reliability, security, privacy, and some of the inherent limitations of computers.

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

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

Brian Kernighan quotes: I had spent the summer of 1966 working at MIT in the group that was the MIT component of the Multics effort.

I had spent the summer of 1966 working at MIT in the group that was the MIT component of the Multics effort.

Brian Kernighan quotes: Every language teaches you something, so learning a language is never wasted, especially if it's different in more than just syntactic trivia.

Every language teaches you something, so learning a language is never wasted, especially if it's different in more than just syntactic trivia.

Brian Kernighan quotes: Don't document bad code - rewrite it.

Don't document bad code - rewrite it.

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.

Brian Kernighan quotes: Believe the terrain, not the map

Believe the terrain, not the map

Brian Kernighan quotes: Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs.

Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs.

Brian Kernighan quotes: An effective way to test code is to exercise it at its natural boundaries

An effective way to test code is to exercise it at its natural boundaries

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

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

Brian Kernighan quotes: Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.

Brian Kernighan quotes: 90% of the functionality delivered now is better than 100% delivered never.

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

Brian Kernighan quotes: Trivia rarely affect efficiency. Are all the machinations worth it, when their primary effect is to make the code less readable?

Trivia rarely affect efficiency. Are all the machinations worth it, when their primary effect is to make the code less readable?

Brian Kernighan quotes: Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.

Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.

Brian Kernighan quotes: For better or worse, the people who become leaders and decision makers in politics, law and business are going to come from schools like Princeton.

For better or worse, the people who become leaders and decision makers in politics, law and business are going to come from schools like Princeton.

Brian Kernighan quotes: If you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?

If you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?