Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I hate code, and I want as little of it in our product as possible.
Jack Diederich
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.
IBM Manual, 1925
Education is the process of learning more and more about less and less until one knows everything about nothing and is entitled to call oneself 'Doctor'.
Anonymous
An adequate bootstrap is a contradiction in terms.
Alan J. Perlis
In software systems, it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Alan J. Perlis
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who can read binary, and those who can't.
Anonymous
A good system can't have a weak command language.
Alan J. Perlis
If you use copy and paste while you're coding, you're probably committing a design error.
David Parnas
C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula has his place in the history of the Roman Empire.
Robert Firth
Programmer - an organism that turns coffee into software.
Anonymous
It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it.
Steve McConnell