Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.
Alan J. Perlis
If you can build it, your users can break it.
Anonymous
Software is either testable or detestable.
Anonymous
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Anonymous
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is Latin for office automation?
Alan J. Perlis
Rules for optimization:
Michael A Jackson
1. Don't do it.
2. (for experts only) Don't do it yet.
Talk is cheap, show me the code!
Linus Torvalds
Functions delay binding; data structures induce binding. Moral: Structure data late in the programming process.
Alan J. Perlis
Some programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' shoulders. Other programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' toes.
Anonymous
With all due respect John, I am the head of IT and I have it on good authority. If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the Internet.
Jen, "The IT Crowd"