Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?
Anonymous
Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.
Alan J. Perlis
Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.
Eric Raymond
Saying that Java is good because it works on all platforms is like saying anal sex is good because it works on all genders.
Anonymous
Make something fool-proof and someone will make a better fool.
Anonymous
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
When we write programs that "learn", it turns out that we do and they don't.
Alan J. Perlis
One man's constant is another man's variable.
Alan J. Perlis
Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.
Alan J. Perlis
There is no IRL, only AFK
Anonymous