Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory listing.
Oktal
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
Anonymous
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup
The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs / minute
Thom Holwerda
When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
R. Buckminster Fuller
The difference between theory and practice is smaller in theory than in practice.
Anonymous
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
Development has two outputs... Code & Bugs
Anonymous
Making something variable is easy. Controlling duration of constancy is the trick.
Alan J. Perlis
The latest new features in C++ are designed to fix the previously new features in C++.
David Jameson