Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Alan J. Perlis
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.
Alan J. Perlis
* No technique works if it isn't used.
Niven's laws
* Ethics change with technology.
* "F × S = k" the product of freedom and security is a constant.
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
Alan J. Perlis
In my experience, one of the most significant problems in software development is assuming. If you assume a method will passed the right parameter value, the method will fail.
Paul M. Duvall
Remember, a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.
Russ Olsen
It is not a language's weakness but its strengths that control the gradient of its change: Alas, a language never escapes its embryonic sac.
Alan J. Perlis
Let the code run free, if it needs to be debugged, it will come back.
Anonymous
In software, the most beautiful code, the most beautiful functions, and the most beautiful programs are sometimes not there at all.
Jon Bentley
'Goto' is always evil, like in 'goto school' or 'goto work'.
Anonymous