Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
Alan J. Perlis
If two people write exactly the same program, each should be put into microcode and then they certainly won't be the same.
Alan J. Perlis
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon's Razor
The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.
Alan J. Perlis
All programmers are optimists.
Frederick Brooks
C is to programming as Latin is to literature.
Anonymous
As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had thought.
Maurice Wilkes
They won't tell you that they don't understand it; they will happily invent their way through the gaps and obscurities.
V.A. Vyssotsky on software programmers and their views on specifications