Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why.
Anonymous
In the long run every program becomes rococo - then rubble.
Alan J. Perlis
C is to programming as Latin is to literature.
Anonymous
In computing, invariants are ephemeral.
Alan J. Perlis
Software with no bugs is obsolete.
Anonymous
Like punning, programming is a play on words.
Alan J. Perlis
Use four digits. A new millenium is coming.
Jon Bentley (1976)
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
Alan J. Perlis
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
Alan J. Perlis