Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
Alan J. Perlis
Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs.
James Gosling
He who hasn't hacked assembly language as a youth has no heart. He who does as an adult has no brain.
John Moore
Development has two outputs... Code & Bugs
Anonymous
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
The primary duty of an exception handler is to get the error out of the lap of the programmer and into the surprised face of the user. Provided you keep this cardinal rule in mind, you can't go far wrong.
Verity Stob
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
If our customers wanted a product that worked that way, tell them to purchase a product that works that way.
Anonymous
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sir Arthur C Clarke
If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways.
Alan J. Perlis