Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.
Alan J. Perlis
In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.
Alan J. Perlis
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."
...basically, avoid comments. If your code needs a comment to be understood, it would be better to rewrite it so it's easier to understand.
Rob Pike
Often it is the means that justify the ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan J. Perlis
Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.
Alan J. Perlis
If we can't fix it, then it ain't broke.
Jon Bentley
The sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous
If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.
Alan J. Perlis
There is nothing quite so permanent as a quick fix.
Anonymous