Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Larry Wall
If you require information, do not free memory containing the information.
MSDN
If two people write exactly the same program, each should be put into microcode and then they certainly won't be the same.
Alan J. Perlis
Never trust a programmer in a suit.
Anonymous
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.
Pablo Picasso
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Robert X. Cringely
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Alan J. Perlis
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem.
Alan J. Perlis
The sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous
I've never written the best code I've ever written.
Anonymous