Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It is the user who should parameterize procedures, not their creators.
Alan J. Perlis
With all due respect John, I am the head of IT and I have it on good authority. If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the Internet.
Jen, "The IT Crowd"
Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement.
Fred Brooks
If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.
Alan J. Perlis
People who deal with bits should expect to get bitten.
Jon Bentley
If you don't think you're doing great things, you're probably right.
Anonymous
Human beings are not accustomed to being perfect, and few areas of human activity demand it. Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult part of learning to program.
Anonymous
C++ : Where friends have access to your private members.
Gavin Russell Baker
In software, the most beautiful code, the most beautiful functions, and the most beautiful programs are sometimes not there at all.
Jon Bentley
There's a fine line between being on the leading edge and being in the lunatic fringe.
Frank Armstrong