Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Any set of procedures, no matter how well intentioned or useful, that are too difficult to follow, will be circumvented.
Ravera's First Law of System Administration
Everyone can be taught to sculpt: Michelangelo would have had to be taught not to. So it is with great programmers.
Alan J. Perlis
Giving pointers and threads to programmers is like giving whisky and car keys to teenagers.
P. J. O'Rourke
The reason we plan ahead is so that we don't have to do anything right now.
Anonymous
Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
Clark's law
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
Alan J. Perlis
Hardware is the part of a system you can kick. Software is the one you can only curse at.
Anonymous
If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
Henry Spencere
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MSDN
Remember, a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.
Russ Olsen