Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The eleventh commandment was "Thou Shalt Compute" or "Thou Shalt Not Compute" - I forget which.
Alan J. Perlis
Giving pointers and threads to programmers is like giving whisky and car keys to teenagers.
P. J. O'Rourke
If you can't explain something to a six-year-old, you really don't understand it yourself.
Albert Einstein
Ever spend a little time reading comp.lang.c++ ? That's really the best place to learn about the number of C++ users looking for a better language.
R. William Beckwith
Perspective is worth 80 I.Q. points
Alan Kay
Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
Alan Kay
If at first you don't succeed, try/catch, try/catch again.
Anonymous
Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.
Alan J. Perlis
The third version is the first version that doesn't suck.
Mike Simpson
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
Rich Kulawiec