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Quotes about Code

6 quotes about code, from Linus Torvalds, Martin Fowler, Martin Golding and others.

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The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.
Tom Cargill
Why would I look at code? It’s like assembly, like a compiled artifact.
Andrej Karpathy
It's all talk until the code runs.
Ward Cunningham
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
Martin Golding

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Talk is cheap. Show me the code.
Linus Torvalds
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
Martin Fowler

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