Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways.
Alan J. Perlis
As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.
Dave Parnas
All real programmers know C of course.
Jeff Atwood
Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
In a 5 year period we get one superb programming language. Only we can't control when the 5 year period will be.
Alan J. Perlis
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late."
Seymour Cray
Software is hard.
Donald Knuth
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