“Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live”
“Your own family resemblances are a frustrating code, most easily read by those who know you least.”
“What on earth prompted you to take a hand in this?""I don't know. My… my code of morals, perhaps.""Your code of morals. What code, if I may ask?""Comprehension.”
“And once I realized that code I write never fucking goes away and I'm going to be a maintainer for life. I get comments about blog posts that are almost 10 years old. "Hey, I found this code. I found a bug," and I'm suddenly maintaining code.”
“I live my life according to a code. You might know it by the surname Morse.”
“A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.”