Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
Henry Spencere
The computer reminds one of Lon Chaney -- it is the machine of a thousand faces.
Alan J. Perlis
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If it's original, you'll have to ram it down their throats.
Howard Aiken
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
In essence, let the market design the product.
Paul Graham
Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs.
James Gosling
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.
Anonymous
The best things are simple, but finding these simple things is not simple.
Anonymous
The Floppy Disk Icon means "save" for a whole generation of people who have never seen one.
Scott Hanselman
An adequate bootstrap is a contradiction in terms.
Alan J. Perlis