Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
C(++) is a write-only, high-level assembler language.
Stefan Van Baelen
Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven.
Charles Petzold
With regard to adding more programmers to get a project done faster - Nine people can't make a baby in a month.
Fred Brooks
Recursion is the root of computation since it trades description for time.
Alan J. Perlis
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale
Your code is both good and original. Unfortunately the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
Anonymous
There's no test like production.
Anonymous
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis
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
Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent.
Alan J. Perlis