Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
There's no test like production.
Anonymous
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
If we can't fix it, then it ain't broke.
Jon Bentley
C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula has his place in the history of the Roman Empire.
Robert Firth
It compiles. Ship it!
Anonymous
Some programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' shoulders. Other programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' toes.
Anonymous
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
Isaac Asimov
As soon as you agree on the number of spaces for indentation, no-one argues for tabs.
Alvar Lumberg
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.
Alan J. Perlis
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