Comments on: ★ 10 Programming Quotes and Lessons Learned http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/ News, views, tips and tricks on Oracle and other fun stuff Mon, 21 May 2012 00:26:47 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Aman http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-50041 Aman Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:58:27 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/#comment-50041 <p>Excellent article Sir.I hope you wont mind if I link to the same from my blog? With best regards Aman....</p> Excellent article Sir.I hope you wont mind if I link to the same from my blog? With best regards Aman….

]]> By: Eddie Awad http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-49977 Eddie Awad Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:25:12 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/#comment-49977 <p>I love simplicity, and that's also part of the reason why I turned comment login on. You register, you read and comment. You do not register, you read. Simple.</p> <p>Of course, the main reason is spam. I got tired of spam comments and trackbacks hitting my blog, and swiping the good comments along the way. Rob, I remember I had to rescue one of your comments out from a sea of spam.</p> <p>I know it sucks to add another username/password to your list, I know how it feels (YAUP) and I apologize for that. But, I enjoy your comments (and the comments of all my readers) so thank you for registering :)</p> I love simplicity, and that’s also part of the reason why I turned comment login on. You register, you read and comment. You do not register, you read. Simple.

Of course, the main reason is spam. I got tired of spam comments and trackbacks hitting my blog, and swiping the good comments along the way. Rob, I remember I had to rescue one of your comments out from a sea of spam.

I know it sucks to add another username/password to your list, I know how it feels (YAUP) and I apologize for that. But, I enjoy your comments (and the comments of all my readers) so thank you for registering :)

]]> By: robvollman http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-49975 robvollman Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:35:57 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/#comment-49975 <p>Personally, I think #3 and #4 are often used as cop-outs for lazy programmers who don't want to properly document their code. That doesn't make those points less valid, mind you.</p> <p>Point #9 reminds me of Ockham's razor. To paraphrase, if you have two solutions for the same problem, is it most reasonable to take the simplest.</p> <p>By the way, having to create yet another account just to comment on here really sucks.</p> Personally, I think #3 and #4 are often used as cop-outs for lazy programmers who don’t want to properly document their code. That doesn’t make those points less valid, mind you.

Point #9 reminds me of Ockham’s razor. To paraphrase, if you have two solutions for the same problem, is it most reasonable to take the simplest.

By the way, having to create yet another account just to comment on here really sucks.

]]> By: Eddie Awad http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-49972 Eddie Awad Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:16:24 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/#comment-49972 <p>And here is one quote from the list that falls into the same category as "Don't Repeat Yourself.":</p> <p><b>Copy and paste is a design error.</b></p> And here is one quote from the list that falls into the same category as “Don’t Repeat Yourself.”:

Copy and paste is a design error.

]]> By: Karl777 http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-49971 Karl777 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:55:29 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/#comment-49971 <p><i>Don't Repeat Yourself</i> Hi Rob, this is a sub rule of point 3 ;-) Karl</p> Don’t Repeat Yourself Hi Rob, this is a sub rule of point 3 ;-) Karl

]]> By: Rob Baillie http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-49970 Rob Baillie Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:01:16 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/#comment-49970 <p>Ok, here'one for you....</p> <p><b>Don't Repeat Yourself.</b></p> <p>You can apply this one all over the place. If you need the same bit of code in two places, make it a function. If you need a document that describes a bit of code, why not try generating one from the other. If you need a bit of data in two places have a simple way of getting that data.</p> Ok, here’one for you….

Don’t Repeat Yourself.

You can apply this one all over the place. If you need the same bit of code in two places, make it a function. If you need a document that describes a bit of code, why not try generating one from the other. If you need a bit of data in two places have a simple way of getting that data.

]]> By: Karl777 http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-49969 Karl777 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:48:41 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/09/05/10-programming-quotes-and-lessons-learned/#comment-49969 <p>Hi Eddie, i always think i could add something to your points but the are complete :-( Karl</p> Hi Eddie, i always think i could add something to your points but the are complete :-( Karl

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