Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
Anonymous
In programming, everything we do is a special case of something more general -- and often we know it too quickly.
Alan J. Perlis
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
Alan J. Perlis
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
E. W. Dijkstra
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis
Human beings are not accustomed to being perfect, and few areas of human activity demand it. Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult part of learning to program.
Anonymous
One Page Principle: A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot be understood.
Mark Ardis
Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a rigged demonstration.
Anonymous
Remember, a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.
Russ Olsen
Change breaks the brittle.
Jan Houtema