Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The primary duty of an exception handler is to get the error out of the lap of the programmer and into the surprised face of the user. Provided you keep this cardinal rule in mind, you can't go far wrong.
Verity Stob
There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence.
Jeremy S. Anderson
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
Murphy's Law
Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.
Niklaus Wirth
Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs.
James Gosling
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Seymour Cray on virtual memory
Interfaces keep things tidy, but don't accelerate growth: Functions do.
Alan J. Perlis
Inside every complex program is a simple program trying to get out.
Anonymous
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
Alan J. Perlis
Software is hard.
Donald Knuth