Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Perl - The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.
Keith Bostic
Software and cathedrals are much the same - first we build them, then we pray.
Anonymous
...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
The third version is the first version that doesn't suck.
Mike Simpson
Like punning, programming is a play on words.
Alan J. Perlis
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
When someone says "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop.
Alan J. Perlis
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
Edsger Dijkstra
My assertion that we can do better with computer languages is a persistent belief and fond hope, but you'll note I don't actually claim to be either rational or right. Except when it's convenient.
Larry Wall
I couldn't resist the temptation to put in a null reference, simply because it was so easy to implement. This has led to innumerable errors, vulnerabilities, and system crashes, which have probably caused a billion dollars of pain and damage in the last forty years.
Tony (C.A.R.) Hoare