Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Java is like a variant of the game of Tetris in which none of the pieces can fill gaps created by the other pieces, so all you can do is pile them up endlessly.
Steve Yegge
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
Alan Kay
Java is a DSL to transform big Xml documents into long exception stack traces.
Scott Bellware
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous
People who deal with bits should expect to get bitten.
Jon Bentley
Manually managing blocks of memory in C is like juggling bars of soap in a prison shower: It's all fun and games until you forget about one of them.
Anonymous
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.
IBM Manual, 1925
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
Alan J. Perlis