Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.
Alan J. Perlis
Shipping is a feature.
Richard Campbell
Ever spend a little time reading comp.lang.c++ ? That's really the best place to learn about the number of C++ users looking for a better language.
R. William Beckwith
Make something fool-proof and someone will make a better fool.
Anonymous
There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.
Bill Gates
An ideal world is left as an exercise to the reader.
From Paul Graham's "On Lisp"
As soon as you agree on the number of spaces for indentation, no-one argues for tabs.
Alvar Lumberg
When a programming language is created that allows programmers to program in simple English, it will be discovered that programmers cannot speak English.
Anonymous
You have to "solve" the problem once in order to clearly define it and then solve it again to create a solution that works.
Anonymous
Programming is difficult. At its core, it is about managing complexity. Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make. Quality is illusive and elusive.
Douglas Crockford