Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Think twice before you start programming or you will program twice before you start thinking.
Anonymous
Users are a terrible thing. Systems would be infinitely more stable without them.
Michael T. Nygard.
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Alan J. Perlis
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis
If we can't fix it, then it ain't broke.
Jon Bentley
In software systems, it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Alan J. Perlis
C++ is to C as Lung Cancer is to Lung.
Anonymous
If it doesn't have to work, we can do it real quick.
Watts Humphrey
Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever.
Dan Kaminsky
If you can imagine a society in which the computer - robot is the only menial, you can imagine anything.
Alan J. Perlis