Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.
Stan Kelly-Bootle
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.
Alan J. Perlis
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.
IBM Manual, 1925
Programmers usually have good reasons for making bad decisions.
Anonymous
Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else.
Eagleson's Law
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry
C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog.
Steve Taylor
Programming is an unnatural act.
Alan J. Perlis