Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.
Peter Williams
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If it's original, you'll have to ram it down their throats.
Howard Aiken
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce
I couldn't resist the temptation to put in a null reference, simply because it was so easy to implement. This has led to innumerable errors, vulnerabilities, and system crashes, which have probably caused a billion dollars of pain and damage in the last forty years.
Tony (C.A.R.) Hoare
The primary duty of an exception handler is to get the error out of the lap of the programmer and into the surprised face of the user. Provided you keep this cardinal rule in mind, you can't go far wrong.
Verity Stob
The computer reminds one of Lon Chaney -- it is the machine of a thousand faces.
Alan J. Perlis
Remember, a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.
Russ Olsen
Though the Chinese should adore APL, it's FORTRAN they put their money on.
Alan J. Perlis
Think of it this way: threads are like salt, not like pasta. You like salt, I like salt, we all like salt. But we eat more pasta.
Larry McVoy