Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
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
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous
My assertion that we can do better with computer languages is a persistent belief and fond hope, but you'll note I don't actually claim to be either rational or right. Except when it's convenient.
Larry Wall
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
Douglas Adams
Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.
Alan J. Perlis
Processes and methodologies can make good servants but are poor masters.
Mark Dowd, John McDonald & Justin Schuh
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
Donald Knuth
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
Bruce Ediger
A programmer that is 10 times better than another will probably be happy making only 3 times as much.
Paul Graham
In the long run every program becomes rococo - then rubble.
Alan J. Perlis