Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
Bill Gates
Before software should be reusable, it should be usable.
Ralph Johnson
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
Java is to JavaScript what Car is to Carpet.
Chris Heilmann
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams
C++ : Where friends have access to your private members.
Gavin Russell Baker
Anyone who considers arithmetic methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
John von Neumann
... what society overwhelmingly asks for is snake oil. Of course, the snake oil has the most impressive names — otherwise you would be selling nothing — like "Structured Analysis and Design", "Software Engineering", "Maturity Models", "Management Information Systems", "Integrated Project Support Environments" "Object Orientation" and "Business Process Re-engineering" (the latter three being known as IPSE, OO and BPR, respectively).
Edsger W. Dijkstra
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson
The only constructive theory connecting neuroscience and psychology will arise from the study of software.
Alan J. Perlis