Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
There is no programming language, no matter how structured, that will prevent programmers from making bad programs.
Larry Flon
I couldn't resist the temptation to put in a null reference, simply because it was so easy to implement. This has led to innumerable errors, vulnerabilities, and system crashes, which have probably caused a billion dollars of pain and damage in the last forty years.
Tony (C.A.R.) Hoare
Hardware is the part of a system you can kick. Software is the one you can only curse at.
Anonymous
In computing, invariants are ephemeral.
Alan J. Perlis
I don't care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your machine!
Ovidiu Platon
Inside every complex program is a simple program trying to get out.
Anonymous
Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves.
Alan Kay
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul Ehrlich
It’s hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn’t a book on software design.
Bruce Tognazzini
Software and cathedrals are much the same - first we build them, then we pray.
Anonymous