Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
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
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
Three things should never be seen in the process of being created: laws, sausage, and software.
Anonymous
To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.
Alan J. Perlis
Programmers usually have good reasons for making bad decisions.
Anonymous
Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
Alan J. Perlis
If at first you don't succeed, try/catch, try/catch again.
Anonymous
Like wine, the mastery of programming matures with time. But, unlike wine, it gets sweeter in the process.
Lawrence Mucheka
Ever spend a little time reading comp.lang.c++ ? That's really the best place to learn about the number of C++ users looking for a better language.
R. William Beckwith
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero