![]() ![]() ![]() The bug was caused by a single incorrect character." "In one of the most famous bugs in history, NASA was forced to low up its Mariner 1 spacecraft only minutes after launch when it became clear that a bug was causing it to veer off course and possibly crash in a populated area. "When a developer thought that he or she has stamped out all the bugs, the users will find new ones. (That certainly isn't true of surgery, law or aerospace engineering)." "The field of software can appear more democratically accessible than many other fields, because it's one where self-taught amateurs work alongside people with PhDs. I believe the above describes most programmers out there. The benefits of refactoring are smaller code base and faster calculation. I made refactoring a part of the routine after the codes are completed. ![]() You should always be refactoring it, it should look like you've been working on it, when people see it." by Bram Cohen, the man who invented BitTorrent. "I tell people, you always take pride in your code. If you watch coders at work (and I've watched them for hours), they're most often just sitting there, frowning at the screen … and then breaking into a tight smile when they make some small, tiny, incremental progress." "For decades, TV and film directors always depicted coding as an act of frenetic, mad typing- the software pouring out of the programmer in an ecstatic flow. I could relate to the events mentioned in the book on many occasions. ![]()
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