Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Before software should be reusable, it should be usable.
Ralph Johnson
Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.
Alan J. Perlis
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
Alan J. Perlis
Perhaps if we wrote programs from childhood on, as adults we'd be able to read them.
Alan J. Perlis
A documented bug is not a bug; it is a feature.
James P. MacLennan
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
It seems to me you can program with discipline or you can program with bondage and discipline. You can't avoid the discipline either way, but bondage appeals to some people.
Patrick Logan
A good system can't have a weak command language.
Alan J. Perlis
Interfaces keep things tidy, but don't accelerate growth: Functions do.
Alan J. Perlis
I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
Kent Beck