Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Java is a DSL to transform big Xml documents into long exception stack traces.
Scott Bellware
Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.
Niklaus Wirth
It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.
Albert Einstein
Every program is a part of some other program and rarely fits.
Alan J. Perlis
If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?
Anonymous
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
Josh Billings
Make something fool-proof and someone will make a better fool.
Anonymous
What I cannot build, I do not understand.
Richard Feynman
Perspective is worth 80 I.Q. points
Alan Kay