Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Think of it this way: threads are like salt, not like pasta. You like salt, I like salt, we all like salt. But we eat more pasta.
Larry McVoy
Three things should never be seen in the process of being created: laws, sausage, and software.
Anonymous
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.
Alan J. Perlis
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul Ehrlich
It's 5.50 a.m.... Do you know where your stack pointer is?
Anonymous
If you want to confuse your enemies, give them the source code. If you want to really confuse them, give them the documentation.
Anonymous
"It depends" is the answer to all good software engineering questions, but to be a good software engineer, you should know on what it depends, and why.
Anonymous
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Anonymous