Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
In programming, everything we do is a special case of something more general -- and often we know it too quickly.
Alan J. Perlis
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction: One, it's completely impossible. Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing. Three, I said it was a good idea all along.
Arthur C. Clarke
Make it correct,
Wes Dyer
make it clear,
make it concise,
make it fast.
In that order.
Often it is the means that justify the ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan J. Perlis
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"It depends" is the answer to all good software engineering questions, but to be a good software engineer, you should know on what it depends, and why.
Anonymous
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale
Perl - The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.
Keith Bostic
Users are a terrible thing. Systems would be infinitely more stable without them.
Michael T. Nygard.