Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive down below.
John Dryden
A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying razors.
Waldi Ravens
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Only in wealth, there is room for a bad idea.
Jasper van der Meer
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
The whole HTML validation exercise is questionable, but validating as XHTML is flat-out masochism. Only recommended for those that enjoy pain. Or programmers. I can't always tell the difference.
Jeff Atwood
Question: How does a large software project get to be one year late? Answer: One day at a time!
Fred Brooks
It is not a language's weakness but its strengths that control the gradient of its change: Alas, a language never escapes its embryonic sac.
Alan J. Perlis
In C, its easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it more difficult, but when you do, you'll blow your whole leg off.
Stroustrup
Good programmers never write what they can steal or borrow.
Jeff Atwood