Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
John Gall
If you want to confuse your enemies, give them the source code. If you want to really confuse them, give them the documentation.
Anonymous
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
Alan J. Perlis
Behind Every Successful Coder, there'an even more successful De-Coder to understand that Code.
Anonymous
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
Anonymous
'Goto' is always evil, like in 'goto school' or 'goto work'.
Anonymous
An adequate bootstrap is a contradiction in terms.
Alan J. Perlis
Never memorize what you can look up in books.
Albert Einstein
Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why.
Anonymous
A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying razors.
Waldi Ravens