Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A logician trying to explain logic to a programmer is like a cat trying to explain to a fish what it's like to get wet.
Anonymous
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
All real programmers know C of course.
Jeff Atwood
Process is no substitute for synaptic activity.
Jeff DeLuca
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr
The third version is the first version that doesn't suck.
Mike Simpson
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"
Multi-threading is the art of screwing things up before, during or after something else.
Anonymous
When a programming language is created that allows programmers to program in simple English, it will be discovered that programmers cannot speak English.
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