Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
Alan Kay
Fast, Cheap, Reliable: Pick any two.
Anonymous
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who can read binary, and those who can't.
Anonymous
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.
Pablo Picasso
Designing software in a team is like writing poetry in a committee meeting.
Joel Spolsky
Hardware is the part of a system you can kick. Software is the one you can only curse at.
Anonymous
If our customers wanted a product that worked that way, tell them to purchase a product that works that way.
Anonymous
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.
IBM Manual, 1925
Programming is an unnatural act.
Alan J. Perlis
Remember, a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.
Russ Olsen