Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If at first you don't succeed, try/catch, try/catch again.
Anonymous
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.
Peter Williams
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
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
The more bizarre the behavior, the more stupid the mistake.
Ed's Law of Debugging
Around computers it is difficult to find the correct unit of time to measure progress. Some cathedrals took a century to complete. Can you imagine the grandeur and scope of a program that would take as long?
Alan J. Perlis
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
Andy Rooney
Anyone who has a wife and small kids knows that programming belongs to the easy things in life.
Anonymous
Fast, Cheap, Reliable: Pick any two.
Anonymous
One programmer can do in one day what two programmers can do in two.
Anonymous