Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
Alan J. Perlis
Code is never finished, only abandoned.
Anonymous
Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job.
Mosher's Law of Software Engineering
There is no IRL, only AFK
Anonymous
It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code.
Anonymous
The evolution of languages: FORTRAN is a non-typed language. C is a weakly typed language. Ada is a strongly typed language. C++ is a strongly hyped language.
Ron Sercely
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
Sex is fun, but it probably doesn't solve all your problems.
Larry Wall
I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory listing.
Oktal
Don't fix it if it ain't broke presupposes that you can't improve something that works reasonably well already. If the world's inventors had believed this, we'd still be driving Model A Fords and using outhouses.
H. W. Kenton