Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison
It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code.
Anonymous
If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.
Alan J. Perlis
If we believe in data structures, we must believe in independent (hence simultaneous) processing. For why else would we collect items within a structure? Why do we tolerate languages that give us the one without the other?
Alan J. Perlis
Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is essential.
Agile Manifesto
The future will be like the past, because in the past the future was like the past.
About estimations
In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt.
Blair P. Houghton
The proof of a system's value is its existence.
Alan J. Perlis
Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material.
Alan Kay