Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong.
Anonymous
Let the code run free, if it needs to be debugged, it will come back.
Anonymous
Making something variable is easy. Controlling duration of constancy is the trick.
Alan J. Perlis
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
Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.
Michael Sinz
Anyone who has a wife and small kids knows that programming belongs to the easy things in life.
Anonymous
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
Alan J. Perlis
They did not know it was impossible, so they did it!
Mark Twain
All problems in computer science can be solved with another level of indirection.
David Wheeler