As we said in the preface to the first edition, C "wears well as one's experience with it grows." With a decade more experience, we still feel that way.
Some compilers allow a check during execution that subscripts do not exceed array dimensions. This is a help, but not sufficient. First, many program… - Brian Kernighan
Some compilers allow a check during execution that subscripts do not exceed array dimensions. This is a help, but not sufficient. First, many program…
- Brian Kernighan
Don't document bad code - rewrite it. - Brian Kernighan
Don't document bad code - rewrite it.
The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements. - Brian Kernighan
The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements.
As we said in the preface to the first edition, C "wears well as one's experience with it grows." With a decade more experience, we still feel that w… - Brian Kernighan
As we said in the preface to the first edition, C "wears well as one's experience with it grows." With a decade more experience, we still feel that w…
Believe the terrain, not the map - Brian Kernighan
Believe the terrain, not the map
... it is a fundamental principle of testing that you must know in advance the answer each test case is supposed to produce. If you don't, you are no… - Brian Kernighan
... it is a fundamental principle of testing that you must know in advance the answer each test case is supposed to produce. If you don't, you are no…
C is a razor-sharp tool, with which one can create an elegant and efficient program or a bloody mess. - Brian Kernighan
C is a razor-sharp tool, with which one can create an elegant and efficient program or a bloody mess.
Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway. - Brian Kernighan
Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.
Mechanical rules are never a substitute for clarity of thought. - Brian Kernighan
Mechanical rules are never a substitute for clarity of thought.
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