Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul Ehrlich
Code never lies, comments sometimes do.
Ron Jeffries
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
Alan Kay
There's more than one way to do it.
Larry Wall about Perl
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous
How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity —in short: what mathematicians call "elegance"— are not a dispensable luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure?
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Computers are getting smarter all the time. Scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (And by 'they', I mean 'computers'. I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)
Dave Barry
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence.
Edsger Dijkstra
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
Rich Kulawiec