Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous
Every program is a part of some other program and rarely fits.
Alan J. Perlis
All programmers are optimists.
Frederick Brooks
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.
Pliny the Elder
C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula has his place in the history of the Roman Empire.
Robert Firth
Process is no substitute for synaptic activity.
Jeff DeLuca
Lines of code are only worth counting, when time has come to delete them.
Anonymous
C++ is more of a rube-goldberg type thing full of high-voltages, large chain-driven gears, sharp edges, exploding widgets, and spots to get your fingers crushed. And because of it's complexity many (if not most) of it's users don't know how it works, and can't tell ahead of time what's going to cause them to loose an arm.
Grant Edwards
As soon as you agree on the number of spaces for indentation, no-one argues for tabs.
Alvar Lumberg
Most people find the concept of programming obvious, but the doing impossible.
Alan J. Perlis