Donald Knuth
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The Art of Computer Programming
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Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
The art of programming is the art of organizing complexity.
A programming language is a tool for expressing ideas.
You should measure the time it takes to execute your algorithms.
An algorithm must be seen to be believed.
Good programmers know what to write. Great programmers know what to rewrite.
Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
The best way to get a good idea is to get lots of ideas.
The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time worrying about efficiency in the wrong places and at the wrong times.
It is better to have an approximate answer to the right problem than an exact answer to the wrong problem.