Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
Hofstadter's Law
... what society overwhelmingly asks for is snake oil. Of course, the snake oil has the most impressive names — otherwise you would be selling nothing — like "Structured Analysis and Design", "Software Engineering", "Maturity Models", "Management Information Systems", "Integrated Project Support Environments" "Object Orientation" and "Business Process Re-engineering" (the latter three being known as IPSE, OO and BPR, respectively).
Edsger W. Dijkstra
A logician trying to explain logic to a programmer is like a cat trying to explain to a fish what it's like to get wet.
Anonymous
Anyone who considers arithmetic methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
John von Neumann
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who can read binary, and those who can't.
Anonymous
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare
In the long run every program becomes rococo - then rubble.
Alan J. Perlis
If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
Henry Spencere