Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Programming can be fun, so can cryptography; however they should not be combined.
Kreitzberg and Shneiderman
Python's syntax succeeds in combining the mistakes of Lisp and Fortran. I do not construe that as progress.
Larry Wall
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
Nathaniel S Borenstein
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
The difference between something that can go wrong and something that can’t possibly go wrong is that when something that can’t possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
Douglas Adams
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.
Pliny the Elder
It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code.
Anonymous
The cybernetic exchange between man, computer and algorithm is like a game of musical chairs: The frantic search for balance always leaves one of the three standing ill at ease.
Alan J. Perlis
Question: How does a large software project get to be one year late? Answer: One day at a time!
Fred Brooks
Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written, and another for which it wasn't.
Alan J. Perlis