Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry
The third version is the first version that doesn't suck.
Mike Simpson
If C didn't exist, we would be programming in OBOL, PASAL or BASI
Anonymous
We have the mini and the micro computer. In what semantic niche would the pico computer fall?
Alan J. Perlis
Singleton is a misconcept in OOP unless it's used as a misconcepted paradigm for application development.
Anonymous
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code.
Richard Pattis
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Oswald Chambers
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
Alan J. Perlis
Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
Clark's law
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov