"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." — Brian Kernighan
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Doesn't this rest on the premise that debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place rather than a definition? And if using the claim that writing as cleverly makes you not smart enough to debug to justify that definition, isn't that somewhat circular in reasoning?
bruh it's just a funny quote, i wrote it as a sarcasm take a chill dude