Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Re graphics: A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
Alan J. Perlis
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero
Testing like the TSA.
David Heinemeier Hansson on testing too much
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John Wooden, basketball coach
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Alan J. Perlis
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Larry Wall
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
I think there's a world market for about five computers.
Thomas J Watson Senior, 1945