Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Some programmers, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use floating point arithmetic." Now they have 1.999999999997 problems.
Tom Scott
The best things are simple, but finding these simple things is not simple.
Anonymous
Multi-threading is the art of screwing things up before, during or after something else.
Anonymous
Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.
Alan J. Perlis
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.
Anonymous
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Alan J. Perlis
Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff.
Cory Doctorow
Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs.
James Gosling
If architects built houses the way programmers built programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
Gerald Weinberg
Software is either testable or detestable.
Anonymous