Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Ready, fire, aim: the fast approach to software development.
Anonymous
Ready, aim, aim, aim, aim: the slow approach to software development.
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Robert X. Cringely
Think of it! With VLSI we can pack 100 ENIACS in 1 sq. cm.
Alan J. Perlis
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.
Alan J. Perlis
Think of compilation as cooking. Dynamic typing means the steak is juicy and still a little red, like red meat is supposed to be. Static typing means you burnt it to a crisp.
Erik Naggum
Every language has an optimization operator. In C++ that operator is ‘//’
Anonymous
Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion.
Douglas Crockford
A computer scientist counts to ten: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Anonymous
Everyone else counts to ten: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Process is no substitute for synaptic activity.
Jeff DeLuca
Any sufficiently well-documented lisp program contains an ML program in its comments.
Anonymous