Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Like a gas, software expands to fill its containing memory completely.
Anonymous
XML is like violence - if it's not working for you, you're not using enough of it.
Anonymous
Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously.
Anonymous
My assertion that we can do better with computer languages is a persistent belief and fond hope, but you'll note I don't actually claim to be either rational or right. Except when it's convenient.
Larry Wall
There are only two industries that refer to their customers as users: the computer industry and the drug trade.
Edward Tufte
Singleton is a misconcept in OOP unless it's used as a misconcepted paradigm for application development.
Anonymous
The goal of computation is the emulation of our synthetic abilities, not the understanding of our analytic ones.
Alan J. Perlis
Most people find the concept of programming obvious, but the doing impossible.
Alan J. Perlis
Giving pointers and threads to programmers is like giving whisky and car keys to teenagers.
P. J. O'Rourke
Test driven development is like eating watermelon. Slice it up and work in sections at a time; eat all the red until all you have left is green.
Terry L Thompson