Bugs will appear in one part of a working program when another “unrelated” part is modified.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
Murphy's laws, page 17
1791 quotes by Edward A. Murphy
Edward A. Murphy - engineer working on Air Force Project MX981
Was born on 11 jan 1918.
Died on 17 jul 1990, at 72 years old.
Died on 17 jul 1990, at 72 years old.
Origin country: United States
The subtlest bugs cause the greatest damage and problems.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, problems
A “debugged” program that crashes will wipe out source files on storage devices when there is the least available backup.
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A hardware failure will cause system software to crash, and the customer engineer will blame the programmer.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, customers, failure
A system software crash will cause hardware to act strangely and the programmers will blame the customer engineer.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, customers
Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, error, infinite
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
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Make it possible for programmers to write programs in English, and you will find that programmers can not write in English.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, contentment
The documented interfaces between standard software modules will have undocumented quirks.
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The probability of a hardware failure disappearing is inversely proportional to the distance between the computer and the customer engineer.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, customers, failure
No matter how many resources you have, it is never enough.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, contentment
Any cool program always requires more memory than you have.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, memory, contentment
When you finally buy enough memory, you will not have enough disk space.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, univers, commerce, memory, contentment
Disks are always full. It is futile to try to get more disk space. Data expands to fill any void.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, univers
If a program actually fits in memory and has enough disk space, it is guaranteed to crash.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, univers, memory
If such a program has not crashed yet, it is waiting for a critical moment before it crashes.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, moment
No matter how good of a deal you get on computer components, the price will always drop immediately after the purchase.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, good, good luck, contentment
The speed with which components become obsolete is directly proportional to the price of the component.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, speed
