Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.
Tom Cargill
Make no mistake about it: Computers process numbers - not symbols. We measure our understanding (and control) by the extent to which we can arithmetize an activity.
Alan J. Perlis
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
Alan J. Perlis
Talk is cheap, show me the code!
Linus Torvalds
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous
Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
Alan Kay
The computer is the ultimate polluter: its feces are indistinguish- able from the food it produces.
Alan J. Perlis
Test driven development is like eating watermelon. Slice it up and work in sections at a time; eat all the red until all you have left is green.
Terry L Thompson
There is no IRL, only AFK
Anonymous
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
Alan Kay