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

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

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"The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors."

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Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

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"TCP works very hard to get the data delivered in order without errors and does retransmissions and recoveries and all that kind of stuff which is exactly what you want in a file transfer because so you don't want any errors in your file."

Jon Postel, American Scientist

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"And this," cried Darcy, as he walked with quick steps across the room, "is your opinion of me! This is the estimation in which you hold me! I thank you for explaining it so fully."

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"It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical."

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"I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it."

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