Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When a programming language is created that allows programmers to program in simple English, it will be discovered that programmers cannot speak English.
Anonymous
Computer programmers don't byte, they nibble a bit.
Anonymous
The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them.
Douglas Crocford
C++ is an horrible language. Even if the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would be a huge reason to use C.
Linus Torvalds
Optimization hinders evolution.
Alan J. Perlis
Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft...and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.
Wernher von Braun
Vi is a subset of evil.
Anonymous
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Alan J. Perlis
Don’t fix bugs later; fix them now.
Steve Maguire
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous