Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I went to school to learn how to program software applications, which inevitably have bug defects. There was no course at my university on testing, debugging, profiling, or optimization. These things you have to learn on your own, usually in a tight deadline.
Juixe TechKnow
If two people write exactly the same program, each should be put into microcode and then they certainly won't be the same.
Alan J. Perlis
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.
C.A.R. Hoare.
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson
In software systems, it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Alan J. Perlis
To most Java developers, Ruby/Rails is like a mistress. Ruby/Rails is young, new, and exciting; but eventually we go back to old faithful, dependable, and employable Java with some new tricks and idioms and we are the better programmer for it.
Juixe TechKnow
The proof of a system's value is its existence.
Alan J. Perlis
APL, I believe, can only be learned by writing one-liners–only by seeing in a sense, what you can compress into a line.
Alan J Perlis
Rules are for the obedience of the inexperienced and the guidance of the wise.
Anonymous
Now I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work.
Martin Fowler