“Functions that create values are easier to combine in new ways than functions that directly perform side effects”
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“Programming, it turns out, is hard. The fundamental rules are typically simple and clear. But programs built on top of these rules tend to become complex enough to introduce their own rules and complexity. You’re building your own maze, in a way, and you might just get lost in it.”
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“Programmers are not mathematicians, no matter how much we wish and wish for it.”
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“Learning the art of programming, like most other disciplines, consists of first learning the rules and then learning when to break them.”
― Effective Java : Programming Language Guide
― Effective Java : Programming Language Guide
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.”
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