Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed — it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
Alan J. Perlis
It seems to me you can program with discipline or you can program with bondage and discipline. You can't avoid the discipline either way, but bondage appeals to some people.
Patrick Logan
Software isn't about methodologies, languages, or even operating systems. It is about working applications.
Christopher Baus
Debuggers don't remove bugs. They only show them in slow motion.
Anonymous
If it doesn't work, change the documentation.
Anonymous
Like wine, the mastery of programming matures with time. But, unlike wine, it gets sweeter in the process.
Lawrence Mucheka
Optimization hinders evolution.
Alan J. Perlis
The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.
Tom Cargill
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Peter Norvig's law
The reason we plan ahead is so that we don't have to do anything right now.
Anonymous