Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
'Goto' is always evil, like in 'goto school' or 'goto work'.
Anonymous
God did not create the world in seven days; for six days he screwed around and then pulled an all-nighter.
Anonymous
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."
It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.
Steve McConnell
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, anything that can't go wrong will go wrong anyway.
Anonymous
Sex is fun, but it probably doesn't solve all your problems.
Larry Wall
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan J. Perlis
Anyone who has a wife and small kids knows that programming belongs to the easy things in life.
Anonymous