[讨论]当你编程时...
- Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. (Fowler)
- Debug only code - comments can lie.
- If you have too many special cases, you are doing it wrong.
- Get your data structures correct first, and the rest of the program will write itself.
- Testing can show the presence of bugs, but not their absence.
- The first step in fixing a broken program is getting it to fail repeatedly.
- The fastest algorithm can frequently be replaced by one that is almost as fast and much easier to understand.
- The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components of a computer system are those that aren't there.
- Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.
- Don't use the computer to do things that can be done efficiently by hand.
- [Thompson's Rule for first-time telescope makers] It is faster to make a four-inch mirror then a six-inch mirror than to make a six-inch mirror.
- If you lie to the computer, it will get you.
- Inside of every large program is a small program struggling to get out.
