Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
Henry Spencere
Rules for optimization:
Michael A Jackson
1. Don't do it.
2. (for experts only) Don't do it yet.
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
Alan J. Perlis
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis
And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is.
Larry Wall
Software and cathedrals are much the same - first we build them, then we pray.
Anonymous
A programmer that is 10 times better than another will probably be happy making only 3 times as much.
Paul Graham
When all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.
Anonymous
Interfaces keep things tidy, but don't accelerate growth: Functions do.
Alan J. Perlis
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
Isaac Asimov