Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.
Alan J. Perlis
I think there's a world market for about five computers.
Thomas J Watson Senior, 1945
Like wine, the mastery of programming matures with time. But, unlike wine, it gets sweeter in the process.
Lawrence Mucheka
C++ : Where friends have access to your private members.
Gavin Russell Baker
The latest new features in C++ are designed to fix the previously new features in C++.
David Jameson
In software, the most beautiful code, the most beautiful functions, and the most beautiful programs are sometimes not there at all.
Jon Bentley
Once you've dressed and before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.
Coco Chanel
[The common definition of estimate is] "An estimate is the most optimistic prediction that has a non-zero probability of coming true" . . .
Tom DeMarco
Accepting this definition leads irrevocably toward a method called what's-the-earliest- date-by-which-you-can't-prove-you-won't-be- finished estimating.
You're never done, you just run out of time.
Anonymous
When I have a specific goal in mind and a complicated piece of code to write, I spend my time making it happen rather than telling myself stories about it.
Steve Yegge