Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells.
From SICP
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code.
Richard Pattis
Every language has an optimization operator. In C++ that operator is ‘//’
Anonymous
The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.
Alan J. Perlis
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
The eleventh commandment was "Thou Shalt Compute" or "Thou Shalt Not Compute" - I forget which.
Alan J. Perlis
If you can build it, your users can break it.
Anonymous
Anyone who considers arithmetic methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
John von Neumann
One Page Principle: A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot be understood.
Mark Ardis
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
Alan J. Perlis