Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
Martin Fowler
Perl - The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.
Keith Bostic
There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.
Bjarne Stroustrup
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Robert X. Cringely
Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.
Eric Raymond
Good enough is neither.
Jim Spivey
If our customers wanted a product that worked that way, tell them to purchase a product that works that way.
Anonymous
Purely applicative languages are poorly applicable.
Alan J. Perlis
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
Alan J. Perlis
Think of compilation as cooking. Dynamic typing means the steak is juicy and still a little red, like red meat is supposed to be. Static typing means you burnt it to a crisp.
Erik Naggum