Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
Alan J. Perlis
To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.
Alan J. Perlis
'Goto' is always evil, like in 'goto school' or 'goto work'.
Anonymous
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous
Vi is a subset of evil.
Anonymous
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
Dennis Ritchie
Designing software in a team is like writing poetry in a committee meeting.
Joel Spolsky
...basically, avoid comments. If your code needs a comment to be understood, it would be better to rewrite it so it's easier to understand.
Rob Pike
A documented bug is not a bug; it is a feature.
James P. MacLennan
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
Rick Osborne