Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.
Alan J. Perlis
You can have a negative percent chance of succeeding in a task. For example, if you have a -5% chance of succeeding, not only will you fail every time you make an attempt, you will also fail 1 in 20 times that you don't even try.
Anonymous
One man's constant is another man's variable.
Alan J. Perlis
When a programming language is created that allows programmers to program in simple English, it will be discovered that programmers cannot speak English.
Anonymous
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.
Tao of Programming
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
Alan J. Perlis
When you want to do something differently from the rest of the world, it's a good idea to look into whether the rest of the world knows something you don't.
Anonymous
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
Behind Every Successful Coder, there'an even more successful De-Coder to understand that Code.
Anonymous