Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Only Half of programming is coding. The other 90% is debugging.
Anonymous
The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.
Alan J. Perlis
Optimization hinders evolution.
Alan J. Perlis
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
Alan J. Perlis
'Goto' is always evil, like in 'goto school' or 'goto work'.
Anonymous
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
The goal is to deliver clean code that works - now.
Kent Beck
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.
Anonymous
An adequate bootstrap is a contradiction in terms.
Alan J. Perlis
Perspective is worth 80 I.Q. points
Alan Kay