Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.

Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll

  • Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.

    Anonymous

  • The goal is to deliver clean code that works - now.

    Kent Beck

  • Computer programmers don't byte, they nibble a bit.

    Anonymous

  • There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.

    Bjarne Stroustrup

  • So many good ideas are never heard from again once they embark in a voyage on the semantic gulf.

    Alan J. Perlis

  • Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.

    From SICP

  • Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.

    Niklaus Wirth

  • If two people write exactly the same program, each should be put into microcode and then they certainly won't be the same.

    Alan J. Perlis

  • In my experience, one of the most significant problems in software development is assuming. If you assume a method will passed the right parameter value, the method will fail.

    Paul M. Duvall

  • Giving pointers and threads to programmers is like giving whisky and car keys to teenagers.

    P. J. O'Rourke

  • Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.

    Anonymous