Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Rules are for the obedience of the inexperienced and the guidance of the wise.
Anonymous
'Goto' is always evil, like in 'goto school' or 'goto work'.
Anonymous
We have the mini and the micro computer. In what semantic niche would the pico computer fall?
Alan J. Perlis
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
Donald Knuth
Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.
Niklaus Wirth
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Anonymous
Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously.
Anonymous
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, anything that can't go wrong will go wrong anyway.
Anonymous
As soon as you agree on the number of spaces for indentation, no-one argues for tabs.
Alvar Lumberg
Human beings are not accustomed to being perfect, and few areas of human activity demand it. Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult part of learning to program.
Anonymous