Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.
Alan J. Perlis
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Alan J. Perlis
Over the centuries the Indians developed sign language for communicating phenomena of interest. Programmers from different tribes (FORTRAN, LISP, ALGOL, SNOBOL, etc.) could use one that doesn't require them to carry a blackboard on their ponies.
Alan J. Perlis
Computer programmers don't byte, they nibble a bit.
Anonymous
Blame doesn't fix bugs.
Anonymous
The goal is to deliver clean code that works - now.
Kent Beck
As soon as you agree on the number of spaces for indentation, no-one argues for tabs.
Alvar Lumberg
Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
Clark's law
What I cannot build, I do not understand.
Richard Feynman
One programmer can do in one day what two programmers can do in two.
Anonymous