Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Change breaks the brittle.
Jan Houtema
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
Nathaniel S Borenstein
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
There are 10 types of people. Those who can read ternary, those who can't and those who mistake it for binary.
Anonymous
C++ is to C as Lung Cancer is to Lung.
Anonymous
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
Murphy's Law
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
Alan J. Perlis
To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.
Alan J. Perlis
Software is either testable or detestable.
Anonymous
One man's constant is another man's variable.
Alan J. Perlis