Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The difference between theory and practice is smaller in theory than in practice.
Anonymous
If we can't fix it, then it ain't broke.
Jon Bentley
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is Latin for office automation?
Alan J. Perlis
I don't care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your machine!
Ovidiu Platon
The goal of computation is the emulation of our synthetic abilities, not the understanding of our analytic ones.
Alan J. Perlis
In computing, invariants are ephemeral.
Alan J. Perlis
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
Donald Knuth
A programmer started to cuss
Anonymous
Because getting to sleep was a fuss
As he lay there in bed
Looping 'round in his head
was: while(!asleep()) sheep++;
In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells.
From SICP