Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
All programmers are optimists.
Frederick Brooks
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
Robert R. Coveyou, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
We're even wrong about which mistakes we're making.
Carl Winfeld
When we write programs that "learn", it turns out that we do and they don't.
Alan J. Perlis
I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
Alan Kay
The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them.
Douglas Crocford
Like punning, programming is a play on words.
Alan J. Perlis
It is the user who should parameterize procedures, not their creators.
Alan J. Perlis
The primary duty of an exception handler is to get the error out of the lap of the programmer and into the surprised face of the user. Provided you keep this cardinal rule in mind, you can't go far wrong.
Verity Stob
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis