Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
Henry Spencere
The best code is no code at all.
Anonymous
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).
Eric Raymond
If it works, leave it alone — there's no need to understand it. If it fails, try to fix it — there's no time to understand it.
Bill Pfeifer
To most Java developers, Ruby/Rails is like a mistress. Ruby/Rails is young, new, and exciting; but eventually we go back to old faithful, dependable, and employable Java with some new tricks and idioms and we are the better programmer for it.
Juixe TechKnow
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
Alan J. Perlis
Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a rigged demonstration.
Anonymous
Functions delay binding; data structures induce binding. Moral: Structure data late in the programming process.
Alan J. Perlis
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale
Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.
Alan J. Perlis