Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog.
Steve Taylor
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
Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.
Edward V Berard
The sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous
It takes an intelligent person to build something complex; it takes a genius to build something simple.
Anonymous
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
Alan J. Perlis
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
E.F. Schumacher
Good web applications should look like trifle.
Cal Henderson
In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt.
Blair P. Houghton
[The common definition of estimate is] "An estimate is the most optimistic prediction that has a non-zero probability of coming true" . . . Accepting this definition leads irrevocably toward a method called what's-the-earliest- date-by-which-you-can't-prove-you-won't-be- finished estimating.
Tom DeMarco