Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I was a C++ programmer before I started designing Ruby. I programmed in C++ exclusively for two or three years. And after two years of C++ programming, it still surprised me.
Matz
Sex is fun, but it probably doesn't solve all your problems.
Larry Wall
Software with no bugs is obsolete.
Anonymous
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
If it works, leave it alone — there's no need to understand it. If it fails, try to fix it — there's no time to understand it.
Bill Pfeifer
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
Alan J. Perlis
The difference between theory and practice is smaller in theory than in practice.
Anonymous
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.
From SICP
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
E.F. Schumacher
In essence, let the market design the product.
Paul Graham