Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
[The common definition of estimate is] "An estimate is the most optimistic prediction that has a non-zero probability of coming true" . . .
Tom DeMarco
Accepting this definition leads irrevocably toward a method called what's-the-earliest- date-by-which-you-can't-prove-you-won't-be- finished estimating.
Just don't create a file called -rf.
Larry Wall
If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways.
Alan J. Perlis
The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.
Anonymous
In programming, everything we do is a special case of something more general -- and often we know it too quickly.
Alan J. Perlis
In computing, invariants are ephemeral.
Alan J. Perlis
Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever.
Dan Kaminsky
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
Alan J. Perlis
They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.
Janet Reno
C is quirky, flawed and an enormous success.
Dennis Ritchie