Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A computer programmer is a device for turning coffee into bugs.
Bram Moolenaar
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
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
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".
Alan J. Perlis
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is Latin for office automation?
Alan J. Perlis
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
Alan J. Perlis
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
Edsger Dijkstra
I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
Alan Kay
A program without a loop and a structured variable isn't worth writing.
Alan J. Perlis
C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula has his place in the history of the Roman Empire.
Robert Firth