Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If you require information, do not free memory containing the information.
MSDN
I think there's a world market for about five computers.
Thomas J Watson Senior, 1945
The only constructive theory connecting neuroscience and psychology will arise from the study of software.
Alan J. Perlis
If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong.
Anonymous
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
Alan J. Perlis
There's more than one way to do it.
Larry Wall about Perl
If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.
Alan J. Perlis
You can have a negative percent chance of succeeding in a task. For example, if you have a -5% chance of succeeding, not only will you fail every time you make an attempt, you will also fail 1 in 20 times that you don't even try.
Anonymous
A computer programmer is a device for turning coffee into bugs.
Bram Moolenaar
Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.
Alan J. Perlis