Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When we write programs that "learn", it turns out that we do and they don't.
Alan J. Perlis
[The common definition of estimate is] "An estimate is the most optimistic prediction that has a non-zero probability of coming true" . . . Accepting this definition leads irrevocably toward a method called what's-the-earliest- date-by-which-you-can't-prove-you-won't-be- finished estimating.
Tom DeMarco
There is nothing quite so permanent as a quick fix.
Anonymous
Must be zero, or equal to MAPI_UNICODE. In either case, however, this parameter is ignored.
MSDN
What happens in the mind of a fine artist is nothing different from that going on in the mind of an expert coder. Both see and thrive in the quintessential nature of patterns.
Lawrence Mucheka
The real money isn't in the software. It's in the service you build with that software.
Jeff Atwood
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Seymour Cray on virtual memory
Processes and methodologies can make good servants but are poor masters.
Mark Dowd, John McDonald & Justin Schuh
Computer programmers don't byte, they nibble a bit.
Anonymous
C trades a slap on the wrist at compile time for a knife in the back at run time.
Anonymous