Quotes about Programming

Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming. Votes: 5

Greenspun's Tenth Rule of Programming: any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc informally-specified bug-ridden slow implementation of half of Common Lisp. Votes: 4

Programming is all about numbers. Votes: 3

'Programming' is a four-letter word. Votes: 3

Programming is an explanatory activity. Votes: 3

Programming' is a four-letter word. Votes: 3

Programming in Basic causes brain damage. Votes: 3

Programming is usually taught by examples. Votes: 3

Programming is legitimate and necessary academic endeavour. Votes: 3

Programming is much much harder than doing mathematics. Votes: 3

Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul. Votes: 3

Programming is not a science. Programming is a craft. Votes: 3

Programming in machine code is like eating with a toothpick Votes: 3

Programming in Go is like being young again (but more productive!). Votes: 3

Programming allows you to think about thinking, and while debugging you learn learning. Votes: 3

Learning. It's really the primary reason behind everything I do. Programming, entrepreneuring, writing. Votes: 3

Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because *you* are better. Votes: 3

Programming languages, like pizzas, come in only too sizes; too big and too small. Votes: 3

Programming is a skill best acquired by practice and example rather than from books. Votes: 3

Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals. Votes: 3

Programming is the art of writing essays in crystal clear prose and making them executable Votes: 3

Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do. Votes: 3

Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians. Votes: 3

Programming (or making music) at night is dreamtime, a period exclusively mental, utterly absorbed, sustained and timeless, placeless, disembodied. Votes: 3

When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop. Votes: 3

Voodoo Programming: Things programmers do that they know shouldn't work but they try anyway, and which sometimes actually work, such as recompiling everything. Votes: 3

Programming is similar to a game of golf. The point is not getting the ball in the hole but how many strokes it takes. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

If you think you're a really good programmer... read Knuth's Art of Computer Programming... You should definitely send me a resume if you can read the whole thing. Votes: 3

Programming will aid a person in developing their mind and will aid their meditation. I find that people who have pursued programming are doing much better in their meditation. Votes: 3

Programming language is very specific to instructing a computer to do a particular structure of a sequence. It's the very way you tell the machine what you want it to do. Votes: 3

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Votes: 3

Another trick in software is to avoid rewriting the software by using a piece that's already been written, so called component approach which the latest term for this in the most advanced form is what's called Object Oriented Programming. Votes: 3

One of the things I've been trying to do is look for simpler or rules underpinning good or bad design. I think one of the most valuable rules is avoid duplication. "Once and only once" is the Extreme Programming phrase. Votes: 3

Programming is a Dark Art, and it always will be. The programmer is fighting against the two most destructive forces in the universe: entropy and human stupidity. These are not things you can overcome with a "methodology" or on a schedule. Votes: 3

Programming today is the opposite of diamond mining. In diamond mining you dig up a lot of dirt to find a small bit of value. With programming you start with the value, the real intention, and bury it in a bunch of dirt. Votes: 3

Programming is the act of installing internal, pre-established reactions to external stimuli so that a person will automatically react in a predetermined manner to things like an auditory, visual or tactile signal or perform a specific set of actions according to a date and/or time. Votes: 3

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. Votes: 2

Talk is cheap. Show me the code. Votes: 2

The best is the enemy of the good. Votes: 2

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. Votes: 2

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code. Votes: 2

The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there. Votes: 2

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. Votes: 2

Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them. Votes: 2

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. Votes: 2

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Votes: 2

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. Votes: 2

I invented the term 'Object-Oriented', and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. Votes: 2

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. Votes: 2

If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. Votes: 2

If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. Votes: 2

Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer. Votes: 2

The best book on programming for the layman is 'Alice in Wonderland'; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman. Votes: 2

Many people tend to look at programming styles and languages like religions: if you belong to one, you cannot belong to others. But this analogy is another fallacy. Votes: 2

When we had no computers, we had no programming problem either. When we had a few computers, we had a mild programming problem. Confronted with machines a million times as powerful, we are faced with a gigantic programming problem. Votes: 2

Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do. Votes: 2

Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower. Votes: 1

It's not going to be too much longer before Xbox Live produces programming. Votes: 1

However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious. Votes: 1

Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it. Votes: 1

You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity. Votes: 1

By combining elements such as hypnosis, magic, neurolinguistic programming and psychology, I can make it appear that I can hack into people's brains. Votes: 1

Computing should be taught as a rigorous - but fun - discipline covering topics like programming, database structures, and algorithms. That doesn't have to be boring. Votes: 1

I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not programming. Votes: 1

It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. Votes: 1

Shifting toward management meant greater responsibility and influence, but it also meant giving up programming day-to-day in my role, which was hard because it took me out of my comfort zone. Votes: 1

I graduated from college with a 3.92 GPA with a degree in computer programming and a BFA in fine arts and animation. My first job was painting a mural in the Grimaldi's in Queens. Votes: 1

When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming. Votes: 1

The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free. Votes: 1

We think we're going to be especially strong in platform where we have our two platform brands: our database brand is the Oracle Database 12c, and our programming language brand is this thing called Java. Votes: 1

When I'm 18, I can finally order that paid programming stuff on TV. Like it always says, 'Must be 18 or older to call,' so I'll be able to call! I can finally buy some blenders from the TV. Votes: 1

When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected. Votes: 1

The most important precedents deal with the whole idea of symbolic programming - the notion of setting up symbolic expressions that can represent anything one wants, and then having functions that operate on both their structure and content. Votes: 1

I love my music, so I want to produce, write, and serve my music. I've had to learn about EQ frequencies and programming and space and clutter and how to be a better piano or bass player - everything. Votes: 1

There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving only its hardiest show-offs. Instead, it has metastasized like toxic mold, filling every nook and opening new crannies. Votes: 1

When I write a song, I always start on acoustic guitar, because that's a good test of a song, when it's really open and bare. You can often mislead yourself if you start with computers and samples and programming because you can disguise a bad song. Votes: 1

I love cities, and I love city governments in particular. But in politics it would have taken me 8 years from implementing a policy before I would get to see the feedback. With programming I could model the same policies and see the impact immediately. Technology is a far more efficient way to test. Votes: 1

I do not want to be a robot, a cog in society who answers 'yes' because 'yes' is considered the appropriate answer. Neither do I want to be a protestor. I just want to seek out what lies underneath the veils of politeness and programming that I've been given as a person in this society. Votes: 1

We live in a world where finding fault in others seems to be the favorite blood sport. It has long been the basis of political campaign strategy. It is the theme of much television programming across the world. It sells newspapers. Whenever we meet anyone, our first, almost unconscious reaction may be to look for imperfections. Votes: 1

My programming language was solder. Votes: 0

I don't like programming. It's tedious. Votes: 0

Perl programming is an *empirical* science! Votes: 0

There was something amazingly enticing about programming. Votes: 0

There was something amazingly enticing about programming. Votes: 0

The greatest single programming language ever designed Votes: 0

JavaScript is the world's most misunderstood programming language. Votes: 0

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. Votes: 0

It's against my programming to impersonate a deity. Votes: 0

I skip through the programming to watch the commercials. Votes: 0

I actually hate programming, but I love solving problems Votes: 0

It's just programming" "No. It's because I love him Votes: 0

A data structure is just a stupid programming language. Votes: 0

After graduating in 1973 I went into the programming field. Votes: 0

I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining Votes: 0

Authentic programming that shows the outside world garners authentic interest. Votes: 0

Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming. Votes: 0

The art of programming is the art of organizing complexity. Votes: 0

There were no PCs when I started programming on computers. Votes: 0

BASIC is to computer programming as QWERTY is to typing. Votes: 0

I also love Mole, the unsung hero of reality programming. Votes: 0

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. Votes: 0

I find that writing unit tests actually increases my programming speed Votes: 0

Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment. Votes: 0

The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television. Votes: 0

A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming. Votes: 0

You know, I've never accidentally drilled a hole in myself while programming. Votes: 0

Excusing bad programming is a shooting offence, no matter what the circumstances. Votes: 0

Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost. Votes: 0

If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets. Votes: 0

All programming is maintenance programming, because you are rarely writing original code. Votes: 0

The real hero of programming is the one who writes negative code, Votes: 0

If you don't take responsibility for programming yourself, then someone else will. Votes: 0

There is nothing in the programming field more despicable than an undocumented program Votes: 0

Most media leaders are liberal and much of their programming reflects anti-Christian sentiment. Votes: 0

In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises. Votes: 0

It's been quite a 'pattern interrupt', a massive change of the old programming. Votes: 0

By becoming mindful of our cultural programming, we can step out of it. Votes: 0

I am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer... Votes: 0

In programming, it’s often the buts in the specification that kill you. Votes: 0

A programming language is a tool that has profound influence on our thinking habits. Votes: 0

Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California. Votes: 0

The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language. Votes: 0

There are people who actually like programming. I dont understand why they like programming. Votes: 0

The linear-programming was - and is - perhaps the single most important real-life problem. Votes: 0

Don't tell television, but there is some superior programming being made on the Interwebz. Votes: 0

In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn. Votes: 0

Instructional programming is really great. To me, it's very enjoyable to watch a process. Votes: 0

You cannot teach beginners top-down programming, because they don't know which end is up. Votes: 0

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. Votes: 0

Self-programming, what you believe and affirm about yourself, is the basis of who you are. Votes: 0

The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it. Votes: 0

Ive enjoyed programming on NPR, but were broke and therefore all spending must be reduced. Votes: 0

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. Votes: 0

Your choice of programming model also is your choice of programming model, so to speak. Votes: 0

Computer programming is pretty much guaranteed income. I'm good at it, and I like it. Votes: 0

In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. Votes: 0

Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven Votes: 0

Your adrenaline starts to go when the market opens in the morning. It's like sports programming. Votes: 0

I think the cultural programming on the ABC is one of the glories of the ABC. Votes: 0

Job Control Language is the worst programming language ever designed anywhere by anybody for any purpose. Votes: 0

But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs. Votes: 0

GOTO, n.: A programming tool that exists to allow structured programmers to complain about unstructured programmers. Votes: 0

Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples. Votes: 0

Culture is the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group from another. Votes: 0

With .NET once an API is published it's available to all programming languages at the same time. Votes: 0

Access to high quality video content -- essentially TV programming -- has never been better than today Votes: 0

Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming. Votes: 0

CBS has received a strong and positive response from the YouTube community about the quality of its programming. Votes: 0

The logical and extralogical exercises you do in meditation are very similar to advanced systems analysis and programming. Votes: 0

You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. Its logic-based creativity. Votes: 0

Courses can, and should, incorporate the excitement and fun of programming games, apps or even real digital devices. Votes: 0

The logical and extralogical exercises you do in meditation are very similar to advanced systems analysis and programming. Votes: 0

Your mind is programmable "“ if you're not programming your mind, someone else will program it for you. Votes: 0

I love both acting and programming equally. I think it enriches me and enhances me as an artist. Votes: 0

You must learn to love, respect and believe in yourself. To accomplish this, begin by restructuring your current self-programming. Votes: 0

I never really had the fun teens of exploring the world because I was sitting at home, learning programming. Votes: 0

Content zips around the Internet thanks to code - programming code. And code is subject to intellectual property laws. Votes: 0

Any nerd who grew up around the time that I did, BBC programming was a treasure chest for us. Votes: 0

It took me 1057 pages to describe the hundreds of mathematical equations, algorithms and programming techniques that I invented and used. Votes: 0

A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking. Votes: 0

But if you kept thinking about a fight you’d lost, Mom said, you were programming yourself to lose again. Votes: 0

I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming. Votes: 0

Trying to become something in a world where everyone wants to become something is a thing that needs God's programming. Votes: 0

Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today. Votes: 0

SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing. Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] can do it [build the wall] by executive order by just re-programming money within the within the Immigration Service. Votes: 0

Follow your dreams wherever they lead you and pay for those dreams with good jobs in software programming and computer design! Votes: 0

To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge. Votes: 0

The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house. Votes: 0

This week Apple stores are holding free computer programming classes for children. Or as that's called in China, a job fair. Votes: 0

To understand this whole area, you have to stop thinking like a viewer and start thinking like a network programming exec. Votes: 0

AMC is a fantastic network that does diverse programming, and does it at a really good level and of great quality. Votes: 0

We are not the personalities that our egos are so valiantly defending. Our personalities are simply the result of our current programming. Votes: 0

I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination. Votes: 0

So, what does it mean for teaching and learning programming when the solution to every beginner problem is available on the Internet? Votes: 0

Applicants must also have extensive knowledge of Unix, although they should have sufficiently good programming taste to not consider this an achievement. Votes: 0

I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college. Votes: 0

XML is not a language in the sense of a programming language any more than sketches on a napkin are a language. Votes: 0

The press is supposed to equip people to act as citizens and not just consumers of programming that happens to be news. Votes: 0

When I was a teenager, I was a huge computer nerd. I went to computer programming camp. I went to space camp. Votes: 0

If they can shut down ABC News and ABC network programming just because they don't agree on something, it makes you wonder Votes: 0

It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading. Votes: 0

Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures. Votes: 0

One of the big lessons of a big project is you don't want people that aren't really programmers programming, you'll suffer for it! Votes: 0

I think USA has a great handle on programming and content. They know their viewers and they know what works... Character driven programming! Votes: 0

The main activity of programming is not the origination of new independent programs, but in the integration, modification, and explanation of existing ones. Votes: 0

I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings. Votes: 0

We are programmed; we are literally programmed genetically and then we are programmed environmentally and most people never break out of that programming. Votes: 0

When regulations restricting competition are relaxed, nobody's market share is protected. If telephone companies can offer video programming, cable revenue will surely drop. Votes: 0

Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off. Votes: 0

Ads featuring real women and real beauty are such a necessary component to offset the potentially dangerous programming out there for little girls. Votes: 0

The universe is already programmed to give each of us a year of happiness. Our challenge lies in programming ourselves to receive it. Votes: 0

The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming. Votes: 0

Giving up an addiction means re-programming that part of your brain that makes you restless and unhappy if a desire is not realized. Votes: 0

You are being programmed all day, every day. You can't stop it, but you can determine if the programming is positive or negative. Votes: 0

The displacement of scripted series by reality programming continues to be a severe obstacle to a working actor's ability to earn a living. Votes: 0

Cinder twisted up her lips. "Do you think it could have a virus?" "Maybe her programming was overwhelmed by Prince Kai's uncanny hotness. Votes: 0

If there is ever a science of programming language design, it will probably consist largely of matching languages to the design methods they support. Votes: 0

I look forward to beginning a relationship with Al Jazeera America, which has made a commitment to producing quality programming and pursuing underreported stories. Votes: 0

I look forward to beginning a relationship with Al Jazeera America, which has made a commitment to producing quality programming and pursuing underreported stories, Votes: 0

Our ultimate goal is extensible programming. By this, we mean the construction of hierarchies of modules, each module adding new functionality to the system. Votes: 0

Digitisation will rather consolidate the broadcasting industry in India because once the cable is digitized, then naturally all the programmers can showcase their programming. Votes: 0

We spend too much time fretting over the way the industry produces programming, and too little worrying about the way the public consumes it Votes: 0

I used to be enamored of object-oriented programming. I'm now finding myself leaning toward believing that it is a plot designed to destroy joy. Votes: 0

We spend too much time fretting over the way the industry produces programming, and too little worrying about the way the public consumes it. Votes: 0

Some people become dullards, but as children we are all creative. It's in the programming, the socialization, that we lose our sense of play. Votes: 0

A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen. Votes: 0

Clearly, programming courses should teach methods of design and construction, and the selected examples should be such that a gradual development can be nicely demonstrated. Votes: 0

I took a Logo programming class in fifth grade. Logo is a language specifically designed for the classroom environment. It was basically doodling through words. Votes: 0

If we were capable of thinking of everything, we would still be living in Eden, rent-free with all-you-can-eat buffets and infinitely better daytime TV programming. Votes: 0

Most of the media bullshit you about who they are. We don't. We're not programming to conservatives, we're just not eliminating their point of view. Votes: 0

The precision provided (or enforced) by programming languages and their execution can identify lacunas, ambiguities, and other areas of potential confusion in conventional [mathematical] notation. Votes: 0

And C++ programming languages, we own those, have licensed them out multiple times, obviously. We have a lot of royalties coming to us from C++. Votes: 0

I love doing the music. I love programming beats and kind of working on the music as much, if not more, than the actual rapping. Votes: 0

Our ultimate goal is extensible programming (EP). By this, we mean the construction of hierarchies of modules, each module adding new functionality to the system. Votes: 0

You are not responsible for the programming you picked up in childhood. However, as an adult, you are one hundred percent responsible for fixing it. Votes: 0

Too many managers and executives try to reduce programming to a low-level assembly-line activity. That's inefficient, wasteful, costly in the long run, and inhumane to programmers. Votes: 0

Network television has been attempting to lure viewers for years with its low-interest programming only to have those viewers discover later that their brains are bankrupt. Votes: 0

Instead of three networks you have three hundred or three thousand. Audiences are inundated with programming, and that sometimes gives them a sense of petulant entitlement. Votes: 0

Our biological body itself is a form of hardware that needs re-programming through tantra like a new spiritual software which can release or unblock its potential. Votes: 0

Our biological body itself is a form of hardware that needs re-programming through tantra like a new spiritual software which can release or unblock its potential. Votes: 0

Pay-TV companies that built their businesses on the backs of local and network broadcast signals should pay a fair price for access to that high-value programming. Votes: 0

I hope to see more programming, more shows, more actors of mixed ethnicity, more young kids of mixed ethnicity choosing to be in the entertainment industry. Votes: 0

I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while. Votes: 0

Tween programming is so retro that the shows even have theme songs, something the quest for more commercial time drove out of prime-time television years ago. Votes: 0

All there is in your life is the eternal now moment - and your experience of this moment is created by the programming in your head. Votes: 0

Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic. Votes: 0

Advertising revenue available for all programmers, all broadcasters is not enough to create quality programming, and subscription revenues are very, very minimal which come to all programmers. Votes: 0

New management at Nine has launched a concerted attack on its cost base in order to restore margins through eliminating waste, improving efficiency and lowering programming costs. Votes: 0

ESPN has this problem with sports, it's impossible to fill 24 hours with sports programming so they have to resort to things like poker and arm wrestling tournaments. Votes: 0

Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put three man-years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product, and distributing it for free? Votes: 0

It's never too late to change the programming imprinted in childhood, carried in our genes or derived from previous lives; the solution is mindfulness in the present moment. Votes: 0

Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming. Votes: 0

History shows that pay-TV subscribers flee in droves to alternative providers when there is even a rare service disruption - demonstrating a quantifiable value for 'must-have' broadcast programming. Votes: 0

Yeah, computers are going to take over the programming business because they have become so fast recently that they can solve the Halting Problem in five seconds flat. Votes: 0

Expectation loiters in the DNA of every sentient being; when you tell yourself or a loved one, 'Don't get your hopes up,' you're fighting ancient genetic programming. Votes: 0

In a budget, how important is art versus music versus athletics versus computer programming? At the end of the day, some of those trade-offs will be made politically. Votes: 0

Only in high school when I began programming computers, did I become interested in tech and start-ups, which led me to attend Stanford and major in Computer Science. Votes: 0

Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal. Votes: 0

We were grooving, at that point, in the same direction, but remember, Roy Hamilton and myself were going into a path and a direction that had no programming. Votes: 0

Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding the bad parts. Votes: 0

Consciousness is observing your thoughts and actions so that you can live from true choice in the present moment rather than being run by programming from the past. Votes: 0

I worked with such concentration and focus and I had hundreds of obscure engineering or programming things in my head. I was just real exceptional in that way Votes: 0

Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal. Votes: 0

I worked with such concentration and focus and I had hundreds of obscure engineering or programming things in my head. I was just real exceptional in that way. Votes: 0

The expensive ones are for Starz. No. We decided, as part of our Encore strategy, to broaden and strengthen and help focus the Encore plexus by adding original programming. Votes: 0

We don't believe we've solved the multicore-programming problem. But we think we've built an environment in which a certain class of problems can take advantage of the multicore architecture. Votes: 0

Most programming languages are decidedly inferior to mathematical notation and are little used as tools of thought in ways that would be considered significant by, say, an applied mathematician. Votes: 0

Don't count out other amazing programming like Frontline. You will still find more hours of in-depth news programming, investigative journalism and analysis on PBS than on any other outlet. Votes: 0

My background is in hardware design. I found hardware work to be a welcome change from thousands of hours of programming and that led to the designs you mentioned. Votes: 0

Any programming language is at its best before it is implemented and used. Anything is possible, anything can happen. On a flimsy ground of reality, imagination spins marvelous patterns. Votes: 0

In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming. Votes: 0

Too many radio stations, all they do is syndicated programming, it's just piped in from some satellite someplace, and they don't have much of a connection to the community. Votes: 0

I've been in entertainment, politics, business, business coaching, public affairs, documentaries, programming, news, theater. So, there aren't many things I see that I haven't seen something like that before. Votes: 0

The agendas on the management side of the table now are not in sync like they used to be because you have vastly different entities supplying programming to networks. Votes: 0

APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums. Votes: 0

Obviously with the onset of cable and satellite, there are more opportunities for programming and original programming, so it creates more opportunities for actors and producers and directors and everything. Votes: 0

It feels like a totally different MTV now.Now they have all their own original series, and people are talking about going back to music now? It's all original programming. Votes: 0

We need imagination in programming, not sterility; creativity, not imitation; experimentation, not conformity; excellence, not mediocrity. Television is filled with creative, imaginative people. You must strive to set them free. Votes: 0

I hope to see Ruby help every programmer in the world to be productive, and to enjoy programming, and to be happy. That is the primary purpose of Ruby language. Votes: 0

I'd rather work on my radio show, which no one hears but I put about eight hours of programming and writing into it for those 30 people who do tune in. Votes: 0

I take full responsibility here and now for everything I experience, for it is my own programming that creates my actions and also influences the reactions of people around me. Votes: 0

I felt there was a need for us to build a new programming language. I also had come to see that Microsoft functions best when it controls its own destiny. Votes: 0

Our knowledge and understanding of nonhuman animals is polluted far more than we acknowledge by our belief in our own superiority, our unrecognized cultural programming, and our separation from nature. Votes: 0

People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language. Votes: 0

Object-oriented programming as it emerged in Simula 67 allows software structure to be based on real-world structures, and gives programmers a powerful way to simplify the design and construction of complex programs. Votes: 0

Nevertheless, I consider OOP as an aspect of programming in the large; that is, as an aspect that logically follows programming in the small and requires sound knowledge of procedural programming. Votes: 0

Are you quite sure that all those bells and whistles, all those wonderful facilities of your so called powerful programming languages, belong to the solution set rather than the problem set? Votes: 0

Total victory is the only acceptable goal in a mind-control war because humanity is diminished so long as a single mind remains trapped in superstition [supernatural religion] by programming or choice. Votes: 0

The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or XML, will continue to become more central. Votes: 0

The fact that the same symbolic programming primitives work for those as work for math kinds of things, I think, really validates the idea of symbolic programming being something pretty general. Votes: 0

There's the underlying feeling that writing must be easy, because it's all about putting letters together. That's only true in the same way that programming is all about putting numbers together. Votes: 0

An interactive debugger is an outstanding example of what is not needed - it encourages trial-and-error hacking rather than systematic design, and also hides marginal people barely qualified for precision programming. Votes: 0

Eiffel borrows quite openly from several earlier programming languages and I am sure that if we had found a good language construct in C we would have used it as well. Votes: 0

It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it is in any animal merely statistical - not deterministic. Votes: 0

I'm thinking of going to programming school. Learn how to sit down at any computer and learn to do anything on it. That's all I have left and have interest in. Votes: 0

Our mandate at Nerdist is that we only get involved with nice people around things that we love. We have the luxury of being in the demographic that we're programming for. Votes: 0

I am rarely happier than when spending entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that it would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand. Votes: 0

People are hypocrites. If you ask them what they want to see on TV, they'll tell you they want better quality programming. And then what do they watch? 'Gilligan's Island.' Votes: 0

Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine. Votes: 0

Yeah, I'm very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I've worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they're into, so I'm hoping that I will. Votes: 0

I think that computer programming shows in my writing. Often when I write about computer programmers I'll write about the way that they see the world and they structure the world. Votes: 0

Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century, basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn Votes: 0

Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative voice from women, which I find disappointing. Votes: 0

If America's tv and movie producers are unwilling to clean up their act... when it comes to sex, bloodshed and violence in their programming... the government stands ready to step in. Votes: 0

Television's escapist programming naturally continues to endorse living beyond one's means as the time-tested American Way and rarely depicts families or individuals wracked by the pressures and miseries that come with excess. Votes: 0

The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it's true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go. Votes: 0

Years of cultural programming have taught us to love some animals while eating others, when in all reality, all animals are sentient beings with the capacity to feel, both physically and emotionally. Votes: 0

Often people, especially computer engineers, focus on the machines. But in fact we need to focus on humans, on how humans care about doing programming or operating the application of the machines. Votes: 0

I have been wildly enthused about gaming since I was younger, and a career path I chose not to go down but did really consider was getting into programming and game design. Votes: 0

I forget sometimes that Im in the HBO stable because I am such a fan of so much of their programming. Like, The Wire is my favorite TV show of all time. Votes: 0

In programming when you're making a change you have to know all the affected places, and you have to be able to model in your head what the performance impact will be. Votes: 0

Computers can now keep a man's every transgression recorded in a permanent memory bank, duplicating with complex programming and intricate wiring a feat his wife handles quite well without fuss or fanfare Votes: 0

A powerful programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as a framework within which we organize our ideas about processes. Votes: 0

Computer scientists have so far worked on developing powerful programming languages that make it possible to solve the technical problems of computation. Little effort has gone toward devising the languages of interaction. Votes: 0

I think what happens in the world, and I think it's part human nature and part programming, is we become an emulation of what we see. We become clones of each other. Votes: 0

When our goals are clearly defined and intelligently set, you have, in essence, taken a major step toward programming your left brain. That frees your right brain to be its creative best. Votes: 0

I guess some of today's programming has rubbed off on me because I find myself having to set time around for touring, putting that together and then setting time around for recording. Votes: 0

All in With Laila Ali' is educational, inspirational, compelling programming profiling individuals that have reached for the sky, pushed themselves to the limit and did things that you would think were impossible. Votes: 0

Even though most people won't be directly involved with programming, everyone is affected by computers, so an educated person should have a good understanding of how computer hardware, software, and networks operate. Votes: 0

We've all but abandoned soaps in our own culture. I lost my beloved 'Guiding Light' in 2009, and 'One Life to Live' was just the latest casualty to fall beneath the programming axes. Votes: 0

In Europe, radio stations are owned by a variety of different entities, so there is less uniformity on radio programming and more opportunity for artists to get radio play and break overseas. Votes: 0

Whether you're a programming prodigy or the office manager holding it all together, technology empowers small groups of passionate people with an astonishing degree of leverage to make the world a better place. Votes: 0

The properties of executability and universality associated with programming languages can be combined, in a single language, with the well-known properties of mathematical notation which make it such an effective tool of thought. Votes: 0

I do think that the days of gathering around a television set that functions merely as a television set, to receive a live broadcast of some networked programming, those days are probably numbered. Votes: 0

Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way. Votes: 0

If you've got a stick hitting a drum and you're programming it on a computer, it's more interesting than a sample playing back - it's something in the air, that's the magical ingredient. Votes: 0

I could hire every producer in Hollywood - 2,000 producers, let's say - and they couldn't come up with all the soap operas, in season and out of season, that NFL programming gives television. Votes: 0

I was eventually persuaded of the need to design programming notations so as to maximize the number of errors which cannot be made, or if made, can be reliably detected at compile time. Votes: 0

I like to protect children. I mean, there's nothing wrong with having adult programming for mature adults that can selectively decide what they want to watch and what they don't want to watch. Votes: 0

I graduated from college with a 3.92 GPA with a degree in computer programming and a BFA in fine arts and animation. My first job was painting a mural in the Grimaldis in Queens. Votes: 0

I became this guy that does drum programming, and I don't want to be that guy anymore. I don't want to sit in front of my computer for 18 hours programming 16 bars of music. Votes: 0

Children's programming in America, I think it's pretty shoddy in terms of lack of diversity. It's pretty much cartoons and Disney sort of shows. I don't find any of that stimulating for children. Votes: 0

The data shows pretty clearly that how voters watch video programming is dramatically changing and reinforces the need for political campaigns to better match their communications outreach efforts to the voters' changing media habits. Votes: 0

How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity - in short: what mathematicians call elegance - are not a dispensable luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure? Votes: 0

NewsHour' is very interested in poetry, but they're also interested in not just that something's cute to add on at the end of their programming, but something that actually is integrated into the news. Votes: 0

I like 'X Factor' as much as the next person, but I do get overwhelmed with the amount of reality TV. It's such cheap programming and such a load of rubbish, most of it. Votes: 0

I think being a partner with the studios and networks and, more importantly, being a great source for consumers to watch that programming is always going to be a part of our programming mix. Votes: 0

I don't have any focus groups on talent and programming. If I need five people in a mall to be paid $40 to tell me how to do my job, I shouldn't do my job. Votes: 0

I don't think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that they lose a half-million dollars for a half day's programming. Votes: 0

When programming was my hobby, I thought that programming would be the perfect job. Now I program for a living and build boats for a hobby. Guess what I think would be the perfect job :) Votes: 0

The system is only as good as the person programming it. If you don't have the follow-through, your system is useless. And by the way, it's that way in parenting; it's that way in marriages. Votes: 0

On the back end, software programming tools and Internet-based services make it easy to launch new global software-powered start-ups in many industries - without the need to invest in new infrastructure and train new employees. Votes: 0

I try to watch as many movies as possible within a group setting instead of just in front of my laptop. It's better to watch something and chat about it with your programming peers afterward. Votes: 0

The strategy is obviously a business decision to have limited advertising on the WWE Network. We want subscribers to know that there won't be commercial breaks during scheduled programming, so your shows won't be interrupted. Votes: 0

My favorite programming languages are Lisp and C. However, since around 1992 I have worked mainly on free software activism, which means I am too busy to do much programming. Around 2008 I stopped doing programming projects. Votes: 0

The students in your youth ministry don’t need your clever ideas and great programming skills. They need a living model—a man or woman of God who is passionate about his or her faith. Votes: 0

Learning to code makes kids feel empowered, creative, and confident. If we want our young women to retain these traits into adulthood, a great option is to expose them to computer programming in their youth. Votes: 0

Ruby on Rails is a breakthrough in lowering the barriers of entry to programming. Powerful web applications that formerly might have taken weeks or months to develop can be produced in a matter of days. Votes: 0

The reason why people think of programming as being hard is because you're writing down a general rule which is going to be used for lots of instances that a particular instance must process correctly. Votes: 0

Our legislation addresses broadcasts over the public airwaves, but I hope the cable and satellite industries see the importance of this issue and voluntarily create a family tier of programming and offer culturally responsible products. Votes: 0