Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.
Bill Gates
If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?
Anonymous
There are only 3 numbers of interest to a computer scientist: 1, 0 and infinity.
Anonymous
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If it's original, you'll have to ram it down their throats.
Howard Aiken
Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why.
Anonymous
In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.
Alan J. Perlis
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.
Alan J. Perlis
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
Anonymous