Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Peter Norvig's law
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).
Eric Raymond
j++; // increment j
Anonymous
It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code.
Anonymous
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.
C.A.R. Hoare.
APL, I believe, can only be learned by writing one-liners–only by seeing in a sense, what you can compress into a line.
Alan J Perlis
Talk is cheap, show me the code!
Linus Torvalds
In a 5 year period we get one superb programming language. Only we can't control when the 5 year period will be.
Alan J. Perlis