Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working.
John Ousterhout
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.
Alan J. Perlis
Don’t fix bugs later; fix them now.
Steve Maguire
Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a rigged demonstration.
Anonymous
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
E. W. Dijkstra
I know it doesn't sound like a big effort, but programmers are really, really lazy, and they like to minimize motion. They'd use feeder tubes if the Health Department would let them.
Steve Yegge
Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent.
Alan J. Perlis
Make something fool-proof and someone will make a better fool.
Anonymous
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero
I was a C++ programmer before I started designing Ruby. I programmed in C++ exclusively for two or three years. And after two years of C++ programming, it still surprised me.
Matz