Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.
Eric Raymond
Real Programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
Anonymous
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis
In computing, invariants are ephemeral.
Alan J. Perlis
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.
Alan J. Perlis
C++ is more of a rube-goldberg type thing full of high-voltages, large chain-driven gears, sharp edges, exploding widgets, and spots to get your fingers crushed. And because of it's complexity many (if not most) of it's users don't know how it works, and can't tell ahead of time what's going to cause them to loose an arm.
Grant Edwards
You have to "solve" the problem once in order to clearly define it and then solve it again to create a solution that works.
Anonymous
There are only two industries that refer to their customers as users: the computer industry and the drug trade.
Edward Tufte
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
Only in wealth, there is room for a bad idea.
Jasper van der Meer