Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Larry Wall
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
Hofstadter's Law
The latest new features in C++ are designed to fix the previously new features in C++.
David Jameson
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
Andy Rooney
It compiles. Ship it!
Anonymous
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.
Anonymous
Get into a rut early: Do the same process the same way. Accumulate idioms. Standardize. The only difference(!) between Shakespeare and you was the size of his idiom list - not the size of his vocabulary.
Alan J. Perlis
There's no test like production.
Anonymous