Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.
Alan J. Perlis
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
Nathaniel S Borenstein
You can't communicate complexity, only an awareness of it.
Alan J. Perlis
Think of it this way: threads are like salt, not like pasta. You like salt, I like salt, we all like salt. But we eat more pasta.
Larry McVoy
C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog.
Steve Taylor
People who deal with bits should expect to get bitten.
Jon Bentley
Your code is both good and original. Unfortunately the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
Anonymous
An idiot with a computer is a faster, better idiot.
Rich Julius
Design bugs are often subtle and occur by evolution with early assumptions being forgotten as new features or uses are added to a system.
Fernando J. Corbató
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison