Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Software with no bugs is obsolete.
Anonymous
I was a C++ programmer before I started designing Ruby. I programmed in C++ exclusively for two or three years. And after two years of C++ programming, it still surprised me.
Matz
Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.
Anonymous
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis
Code never lies, comments sometimes do.
Ron Jeffries
Fast, Cheap, Reliable: Pick any two.
Anonymous
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".
Alan J. Perlis
The cybernetic exchange between man, computer and algorithm is like a game of musical chairs: The frantic search for balance always leaves one of the three standing ill at ease.
Alan J. Perlis
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
Douglas Adams
In computing, invariants are ephemeral.
Alan J. Perlis