Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
You can't solve social problems through technical means.
Anonymous
Though the Chinese should adore APL, it's FORTRAN they put their money on.
Alan J. Perlis
Software with no bugs is obsolete.
Anonymous
Programming is difficult. At its core, it is about managing complexity. Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make. Quality is illusive and elusive.
Douglas Crockford
Use four digits. A new millenium is coming.
Jon Bentley (1976)
Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.
Larry Bossidy
I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mostly, when you see programmers, they aren't doing anything. One of the attractive things about programmers is that you cannot tell whether or not they are working simply by looking at them. Very often they're sitting there seemingly drinking coffee and gossiping, or just staring into space. What the programmer is trying to do is get a handle on all the individual and unrelated ideas that are scampering around in his head.
Charles M Strauss
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.
Anonymous
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan J. Perlis