Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
My assertion that we can do better with computer languages is a persistent belief and fond hope, but you'll note I don't actually claim to be either rational or right. Except when it's convenient.
Larry Wall
The primary duty of an exception handler is to get the error out of the lap of the programmer and into the surprised face of the user. Provided you keep this cardinal rule in mind, you can't go far wrong.
Verity Stob
Never underestimate the disparity between developer excitement and user apathy.
Anonymous
Just don't create a file called -rf.
Larry Wall
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
Mitch Ratcliffe
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
Edsger Dijkstra
I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory listing.
Oktal
If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
Edsger Dijkstra
The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs / minute
Thom Holwerda
Going from programming in Pascal to programming in C, is like learning to write in Morse code.
J.P. Candusso