Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is.
Larry Wall
Everyone can be taught to sculpt: Michelangelo would have had to be taught not to. So it is with great programmers.
Alan J. Perlis
* No technique works if it isn't used. * Ethics change with technology. * "F × S = k" the product of freedom and security is a constant.
Niven's laws
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale
Ready, fire, aim: the fast approach to software development.
Anonymous
Ready, aim, aim, aim, aim: the slow approach to software development.
If we believe in data structures, we must believe in independent (hence simultaneous) processing. For why else would we collect items within a structure? Why do we tolerate languages that give us the one without the other?
Alan J. Perlis
Good enough is neither.
Jim Spivey
A computer programmer is a device for turning coffee into bugs.
Bram Moolenaar
I couldn't resist the temptation to put in a null reference, simply because it was so easy to implement. This has led to innumerable errors, vulnerabilities, and system crashes, which have probably caused a billion dollars of pain and damage in the last forty years.
Tony (C.A.R.) Hoare
A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.
Tao of Programming