Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Good enough is neither.
Jim Spivey
Talk is cheap, show me the code!
Linus Torvalds
The Internet? Is that thing still around?
Homer Simpson
Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs.
James Gosling
If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong.
Anonymous
Think of all the psychic energy expended in seeking a fundamental distinction between "algorithm" and "program".
Alan J. Perlis
The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying.
John Carmack on software patents
Perl - The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.
Keith Bostic
Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection. But that usually will create another problem.
David Wheeler
If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
Henry Spencere