Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Human beings are not accustomed to being perfect, and few areas of human activity demand it. Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult part of learning to program.
Anonymous
Ever spend a little time reading comp.lang.c++ ? That's really the best place to learn about the number of C++ users looking for a better language.
R. William Beckwith
You start writing code, I'll go see what the customer wants
Anonymous
An ideal world is left as an exercise to the reader.
From Paul Graham's "On Lisp"
The best writing is rewriting.
E. B. White
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
With regard to adding more programmers to get a project done faster - Nine people can't make a baby in a month.
Fred Brooks
Think of all the psychic energy expended in seeking a fundamental distinction between "algorithm" and "program".
Alan J. Perlis
Simplicity is hard to build, easy to use, and hard to charge for. Complexity is easy to build, hard to use, and easy to charge for.
Chris Sacca
Motto for a research laboratory: What we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
Alan J. Perlis