Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The computer reminds one of Lon Chaney -- it is the machine of a thousand faces.
Alan J. Perlis
The difference between theory and practice is smaller in theory than in practice.
Anonymous
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.
C.A.R. Hoare.
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is Latin for office automation?
Alan J. Perlis
The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.
Anonymous
Most people find the concept of programming obvious, but the doing impossible.
Alan J. Perlis
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
Alan J. Perlis
The object-oriented model makes it easy to build up programs by accretion. What this often means, in practice, is that it provides a structured way to write spaghetti code.
Paul Graham
The sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous
If your bug has a one in a million chance of happening, it'll happen next tuesday.
Anonymous