#program

Immutable objects are simple. They can only be in one state, which is carefully controlled by the constructor. One of the most difficult elements of program design is reasoning about the possible states of complex objects. Reasoning about the state of immutable objects, on the other hand, is trivial. Immutable objects are also safer. Passing a mutable object to untrusted code, or otherwise publishing it where untrusted code could find it, is dangerous — the untrusted code might modify its state, or, worse, retain a reference to it and modify its state later from another thread. On the other hand, immutable objects cannot be subverted in this manner by malicious or buggy code, so they are safe to share and publish freely without the need to make defensive copies. ↗

— Brian Goetz

#java #programming #design

It is far easier to design a class to be thread-safe than to retrofit it for thread safety later. ↗

— Brian Goetz

#java #programming #design

Truth can only be found in one place: the code. ↗

— Robert C. Martin

#software-craftmanship #software-design #software-engineering #design

Talk is cheap. Show me the code. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#linux #programming #humor

I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#being #coming #crafting #each #excited

But people that are worried about unborn babies are the same ones that vote against kindergarten programs in Indiana or school lunch funds out of the federal government. ↗

— Birch Bayh

#against #babies #federal #federal government #funds

Yeah, I'm very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I've worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they're into, so I'm hoping that I will. ↗

— Beau Bridges

#first time #hoping #i #impressed #into

The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program. ↗

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

#fit #fits #listener #must #newspaper

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad. ↗

— David R. Brower

#like #long #long island #over #program

Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication. ↗

— Bill Budge

#everything #getting #go #little #more