Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When a programming language is created that allows programmers to program in simple English, it will be discovered that programmers cannot speak English.
Anonymous
Anyone who has a wife and small kids knows that programming belongs to the easy things in life.
Anonymous
C is quirky, flawed and an enormous success.
Dennis Ritchie
The evolution of languages: FORTRAN is a non-typed language. C is a weakly typed language. Ada is a strongly typed language. C++ is a strongly hyped language.
Ron Sercely
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
Never memorize what you can look up in books.
Albert Einstein
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
Often it is the means that justify the ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan J. Perlis
Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously.
Anonymous