Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
Alan Kay
A computer programmer is a device for turning coffee into bugs.
Bram Moolenaar
Some programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' shoulders. Other programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' toes.
Anonymous
If we believe in data structures, we must believe in independent (hence simultaneous) processing. For why else would we collect items within a structure? Why do we tolerate languages that give us the one without the other?
Alan J. Perlis
If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?
Anonymous
Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement.
Fred Brooks
Just don't create a file called -rf.
Larry Wall
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.
John Johnson
If you require information, do not free memory containing the information.
MSDN