Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
Edsger Dijkstra
Some programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' shoulders. Other programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' toes.
Anonymous
No code is faster than no code.
Anonymous
There are 10 types of people. Those who can read ternary, those who can't and those who mistake it for binary.
Anonymous
Think of all the psychic energy expended in seeking a fundamental distinction between "algorithm" and "program".
Alan J. Perlis
The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs / minute
Thom Holwerda
I know it doesn't sound like a big effort, but programmers are really, really lazy, and they like to minimize motion. They'd use feeder tubes if the Health Department would let them.
Steve Yegge
80 percent of my problems are simple logic errors. 80 percent of the remaining problems are pointer errors. The remaining problems are hard.
Mark Donner, IBM Watson Research Center
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.
Anonymous
The function name should define everything the function does.
Anonymous