Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
[The common definition of estimate is] "An estimate is the most optimistic prediction that has a non-zero probability of coming true" . . . Accepting this definition leads irrevocably toward a method called what's-the-earliest- date-by-which-you-can't-prove-you-won't-be- finished estimating.
Tom DeMarco
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".
Alan J. Perlis
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
Murphy's Law
Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs.
James Gosling
Perl - The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.
Keith Bostic
Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven.
Charles Petzold
Within a computer natural language is unnatural.
Alan J. Perlis
Often it is the means that justify the ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan J. Perlis
We're even wrong about which mistakes we're making.
Carl Winfeld
People who deal with bits should expect to get bitten.
Jon Bentley