Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
Alan J. Perlis
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
There are 10 types of people. Those who can read ternary, those who can't and those who mistake it for binary.
Anonymous
I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory listing.
Oktal
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.
Pliny the Elder
In C, its easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it more difficult, but when you do, you'll blow your whole leg off.
Stroustrup
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people's mistakes.
Anonymous
I've never written the best code I've ever written.
Anonymous
The best writing is rewriting.
E. B. White
He who hasn't hacked assembly language as a youth has no heart. He who does as an adult has no brain.
John Moore