Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis
It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all...
Larry Wall
Debugging is like farting - it's not so bad when it's your own code.
Anonymous
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.
Peter Williams
When someone says "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop.
Alan J. Perlis
So many good ideas are never heard from again once they embark in a voyage on the semantic gulf.
Alan J. Perlis
Test driven development is like eating watermelon. Slice it up and work in sections at a time; eat all the red until all you have left is green.
Terry L Thompson
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
Hofstadter's Law
Inside every complex program is a simple program trying to get out.
Anonymous
When all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.
Anonymous