Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
As soon as you agree on the number of spaces for indentation, no-one argues for tabs.
Alvar Lumberg
Engineering is the art of doing with one dollar what any damn fool can do with two.
From Space Systems Failures by David M. Harland and Ralph D. Lorenz
Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection. But that usually will create another problem.
David Wheeler
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
Isaac Asimov
Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.
Larry Bossidy
Most people find the concept of programming obvious, but the doing impossible.
Alan J. Perlis
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
If our customers wanted a product that worked that way, tell them to purchase a product that works that way.
Anonymous
Yes, sometimes Perl looks like line noise to the uninitiated, but to the seasoned Perl programmer, it looks like checksummed line noise with a mission in life.
Randal Schwartz
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."