Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The real money isn't in the software. It's in the service you build with that software.
Jeff Atwood
There's more than one way to do it.
Larry Wall about Perl
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working.
John Ousterhout
A good programmer looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.
Anonymous
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
Alan J. Perlis
We better hurry up and start coding, there are going to be a lot of bugs to fix.
Anonymous
C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula has his place in the history of the Roman Empire.
Robert Firth
Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.
Alan J. Perlis