Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Computer programmers don't byte, they nibble a bit.
Anonymous
The computer is the ultimate polluter: its feces are indistinguish- able from the food it produces.
Alan J. Perlis
If it doesn't work, change the documentation.
Anonymous
Making something variable is easy. Controlling duration of constancy is the trick.
Alan J. Perlis
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."
If you can't explain something to a six-year-old, you really don't understand it yourself.
Albert Einstein
Most people find the concept of programming obvious, but the doing impossible.
Alan J. Perlis
It's difficult to extract sense from strings, but they're the only communication coin we can count on.
Alan J. Perlis
j++; // increment j
Anonymous
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law