Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry
It's 5.50 a.m.... Do you know where your stack pointer is?
Anonymous
There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.
Bjarne Stroustrup
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people's mistakes.
Anonymous
Software with no bugs is obsolete.
Anonymous
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison
My assertion that we can do better with computer languages is a persistent belief and fond hope, but you'll note I don't actually claim to be either rational or right. Except when it's convenient.
Larry Wall
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).
Eric Raymond
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero
'Goto' is always evil, like in 'goto school' or 'goto work'.
Anonymous