Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code.
Anonymous
You're never done, you just run out of time.
Anonymous
Recursion is the root of computation since it trades description for time.
Alan J. Perlis
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.
Bill Gates
Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement.
Fred Brooks
...basically, avoid comments. If your code needs a comment to be understood, it would be better to rewrite it so it's easier to understand.
Rob Pike
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Pablo Picasso
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
Bruce Ediger
There will always be things we wish to say in our programs that in all known languages can only be said poorly.
Alan J. Perlis