Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula has his place in the history of the Roman Empire.
Robert Firth
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
When we write programs that "learn", it turns out that we do and they don't.
Alan J. Perlis
Programming is difficult. At its core, it is about managing complexity. Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make. Quality is illusive and elusive.
Douglas Crockford
C++ is more of a rube-goldberg type thing full of high-voltages, large chain-driven gears, sharp edges, exploding widgets, and spots to get your fingers crushed. And because of it's complexity many (if not most) of it's users don't know how it works, and can't tell ahead of time what's going to cause them to loose an arm.
Grant Edwards
If you get it free, it is worthless. If you pay for it, it has value. If you build it yourself, it is priceless.
Raj More
XML is like violence - if it's not working for you, you're not using enough of it.
Anonymous
Think twice before you start programming or you will program twice before you start thinking.
Anonymous
Computers don't introduce order anywhere as much as they expose opportunities.
Alan J. Perlis