Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
We better hurry up and start coding, there are going to be a lot of bugs to fix.
Anonymous
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison
One Page Principle: A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot be understood.
Mark Ardis
C(++) is a write-only, high-level assembler language.
Stefan Van Baelen
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
H L Mencken
Around computers it is difficult to find the correct unit of time to measure progress. Some cathedrals took a century to complete. Can you imagine the grandeur and scope of a program that would take as long?
Alan J. Perlis
A good system can't have a weak command language.
Alan J. Perlis
It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.
Anonymous
There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code.
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