Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
Donald Knuth
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong.
Anonymous
Startups almost never get it right the first time. Much more commonly you launch something, and no one cares. Don’t assume when this happens that you’ve failed. That’s normal for startups. But don’t sit around doing nothing. Iterate.
Paul Graham
We will never run out of things to program as long as there is a single program around.
Alan J. Perlis
Anyone who has a wife and small kids knows that programming belongs to the easy things in life.
Anonymous
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Oswald Chambers
Sure, it's overkill. But you can never have too much overkill...
Anonymous
You're never done, you just run out of time.
Anonymous
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
Robert R. Coveyou, Oak Ridge National Laboratory