Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution.
Robert Sewell
When a programming language is created that allows programmers to program in simple English, it will be discovered that programmers cannot speak English.
Anonymous
The only constructive theory connecting neuroscience and psychology will arise from the study of software.
Alan J. Perlis
C: a language that combines all the elegance and power of assembly language with all the readability and maintainability of assembly language.
Anonymous
Development has two outputs... Code & Bugs
Anonymous
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
What happens in the mind of a fine artist is nothing different from that going on in the mind of an expert coder. Both see and thrive in the quintessential nature of patterns.
Lawrence Mucheka
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
P. J. Plauger
Computer programmers don't byte, they nibble a bit.
Anonymous