Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
Robert Firth
All programming is an exercise in caching.
Terje Mathisen
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
John Gall
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Robert X. Cringely
Any fool can use a computer. Many do.
Ted Nelson
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
Alan J. Perlis
Process is no substitute for synaptic activity.
Jeff DeLuca
Amateur programmers think there are 1000 bytes in a kilobyte; Real Programmers know there are 1024 meters in a kilometer.
Anonymous
There is nothing quite so permanent as a quick fix.
Anonymous
Perspective is worth 80 I.Q. points
Alan Kay