Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Only Half of programming is coding. The other 90% is debugging.
Anonymous
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John Wooden, basketball coach
In essence, let the market design the product.
Paul Graham
In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells.
From SICP
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous
Any sufficiently well-documented lisp program contains an ML program in its comments.
Anonymous
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
Alan J. Perlis
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
Alan J. Perlis
Make no mistake about it: Computers process numbers - not symbols. We measure our understanding (and control) by the extent to which we can arithmetize an activity.
Alan J. Perlis