Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
There will always be things we wish to say in our programs that in all known languages can only be said poorly.
Alan J. Perlis
Design bugs are often subtle and occur by evolution with early assumptions being forgotten as new features or uses are added to a system.
Fernando J. Corbató
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
Debuggers don't remove bugs. They only show them in slow motion.
Anonymous
So many good ideas are never heard from again once they embark in a voyage on the semantic gulf.
Alan J. Perlis
Saying that Java is good because it works on all platforms is like saying anal sex is good because it works on all genders.
Anonymous
With regard to adding more programmers to get a project done faster - Nine people can't make a baby in a month.
Fred Brooks
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
Rich Cook
There are only 3 numbers of interest to a computer scientist: 1, 0 and infinity.
Anonymous