Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When you want to do something differently from the rest of the world, it's a good idea to look into whether the rest of the world knows something you don't.
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
The cybernetic exchange between man, computer and algorithm is like a game of musical chairs: The frantic search for balance always leaves one of the three standing ill at ease.
Alan J. Perlis
Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.
Stan Kelly-Bootle
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Oswald Chambers
It's 5.50 a.m.... Do you know where your stack pointer is?
Anonymous
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr
Java. The elegant simplicity of C++. The blazing speed of Smalltalk.
Anonymous
God did not create the world in seven days; for six days he screwed around and then pulled an all-nighter.
Anonymous