Program Optimization Quotes

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.

There are two methods in software design. One is to make the program so simple, there are obviously no errors. The other is to make it so complicated, there are no obvious errors.

When government programs aren't working, those on the Left tend to support more funding, while those on the Right want to scrap them altogether. It is better to ask whether the problem is complexity and poor design. We can solve those problems - sometimes without spending a penny.

Inside every large program is a small program struggling to get out.

Because Techstars is an intensely productive three-month program in which product development and iteration are primary goals, we're constantly looking to streamline our program to help entrepreneurs avoid recurring obstacles.

The critical thing in developing software is not the program, it's the design. It is translating understanding of user needs into something that can be realized as a computer program.

There is a constant need for new systems and new software.

We're going to try to create some programs that are going to generate viewer interest and appointment viewing. We still will have news on Headline News.

You're constantly trading assets back and forth to get your program.

But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.

Spending a few hundred million dollars more a year on evaluations could save tens of billions of dollars by teaching us which programs work and generating lessons to improve programs that don’t

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.

Metaprograms are programs that manipulate themselves or other programs as data.

We have programs that are outdated and no longer effective - we need to get rid of those programs.