Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
All problems in computer science can be solved with another level of indirection.
David Wheeler
In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can't.
Alan J. Perlis
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
Alan J. Perlis
Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material.
Alan Kay
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John Wooden, basketball coach
The primary duty of an exception handler is to get the error out of the lap of the programmer and into the surprised face of the user. Provided you keep this cardinal rule in mind, you can't go far wrong.
Verity Stob
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
C trades a slap on the wrist at compile time for a knife in the back at run time.
Anonymous
Everyone can be taught to sculpt: Michelangelo would have had to be taught not to. So it is with great programmers.
Alan J. Perlis
Ready, fire, aim: the fast approach to software development.
Anonymous
Ready, aim, aim, aim, aim: the slow approach to software development.