Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
All real programmers know C of course.
Jeff Atwood
Interfaces keep things tidy, but don't accelerate growth: Functions do.
Alan J. Perlis
The reason we plan ahead is so that we don't have to do anything right now.
Anonymous
Computation has made the tree flower.
Alan J. Perlis
Process is no substitute for synaptic activity.
Jeff DeLuca
If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
Edsger Dijkstra
It is not a language's weakness but its strengths that control the gradient of its change: Alas, a language never escapes its embryonic sac.
Alan J. Perlis
Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.
Niklaus Wirth
If it is worth doing once, it is worth automating...
Anonymous
Never trust a programmer in a suit.
Anonymous