Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It compiles. Ship it!
Anonymous
Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
Alan Kay
God is Real, unless declared Integer.
Anonymous
You can't solve social problems through technical means.
Anonymous
Elegance is not optional.
Richard A. O'Keefe (from The Craft of Prolog)
It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.
Anonymous
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive down below.
John Dryden
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
Mitch Ratcliffe
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson
They won't tell you that they don't understand it; they will happily invent their way through the gaps and obscurities.
V.A. Vyssotsky on software programmers and their views on specifications