Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned. Many software tasks have this characteristic because of the sequential nature of debugging.
Fred Brooks
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Seymour Cray on virtual memory
The Floppy Disk Icon means "save" for a whole generation of people who have never seen one.
Scott Hanselman
We will never run out of things to program as long as there is a single program around.
Alan J. Perlis
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law
What is the difference between a Turing machine and the modern computer? It's the same as that between Hillary's ascent of Everest and the establishment of a Hilton hotel on its peak.
Alan J. Perlis
Code is everything I thought poetry was, back when we were in school. Clean, expressive, urgent, all-encompassing. Fourteen lines can open up to fill the available universe.
Richard Powers
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry
Ever spend a little time reading comp.lang.c++ ? That's really the best place to learn about the number of C++ users looking for a better language.
R. William Beckwith