Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The word “experienced” often refers to someone who’s gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.
Laurence Gonzales
On the 7th day ... God began debugging.
Anonymous
Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile Manifesto
Software is hard.
Donald Knuth
Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever.
Dan Kaminsky
Jesus saves but only Buddha makes incremental backups.
Anonymous
What is the difference between a Turing machine and the modern computer? It's the same as that between Hillary's ascent of Everest and the establishment of a Hilton hotel on its peak.
Alan J. Perlis
Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.
Tao Of Programming
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
Like punning, programming is a play on words.
Alan J. Perlis