Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
Donald Knuth
Now I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work.
Martin Fowler
In C, its easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it more difficult, but when you do, you'll blow your whole leg off.
Stroustrup
XML is like violence - if it's not working for you, you're not using enough of it.
Anonymous
The difference between theory and practice is smaller in theory than in practice.
Anonymous
Programming is difficult. At its core, it is about managing complexity. Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make. Quality is illusive and elusive.
Douglas Crockford
I’ve finally learned what ‘upward compatible’ means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes.
Dennie van Tassel
I don't care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your machine!
Ovidiu Platon
Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a rigged demonstration.
Anonymous
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W. Dijkstra