Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Anyone who considers arithmetic methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
John von Neumann
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
The cybernetic exchange between man, computer and algorithm is like a game of musical chairs: The frantic search for balance always leaves one of the three standing ill at ease.
Alan J. Perlis
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
Alan J. Perlis
The whole HTML validation exercise is questionable, but validating as XHTML is flat-out masochism. Only recommended for those that enjoy pain. Or programmers. I can't always tell the difference.
Jeff Atwood
Perspective is worth 80 I.Q. points
Alan Kay
One does not learn computing by using a hand calculator, but one can forget arithmetic.
Alan J. Perlis
There is no programming language, no matter how structured, that will prevent programmers from making bad programs.
Larry Flon
Good programmers learn more from "That's not what I expected!" than from getting it right the first time.
Anonymous
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson