Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
Amateur programmers think there are 1000 bytes in a kilobyte; Real Programmers know there are 1024 meters in a kilometer.
Anonymous
And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is.
Larry Wall
If your bug has a one in a million chance of happening, it'll happen next tuesday.
Anonymous
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
Human beings are not accustomed to being perfect, and few areas of human activity demand it. Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult part of learning to program.
Anonymous
The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.
Nathaniel Borenstein
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
Like punning, programming is a play on words.
Alan J. Perlis