Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."
If you've seen one picture of the Mandelbrot Set, you've seen them all.
Bill Karwin
Computation has made the tree flower.
Alan J. Perlis
The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.
Alan J. Perlis
Interfaces keep things tidy, but don't accelerate growth: Functions do.
Alan J. Perlis
Real Programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
Anonymous
There is no IRL, only AFK
Anonymous
There's no test like production.
Anonymous
The time machine's software will have a recursive main method.
Anonymous
A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.
Tao of Programming