Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.
Alan J. Perlis
The best writing is rewriting.
E. B. White
I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory listing.
Oktal
Make something fool-proof and someone will make a better fool.
Anonymous
If you get it free, it is worthless. If you pay for it, it has value. If you build it yourself, it is priceless.
Raj More
Engineering is the art of doing with one dollar what any damn fool can do with two.
From Space Systems Failures by David M. Harland and Ralph D. Lorenz
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
UNIX is user friendly. It just picks whom it wants to be friends with.
Anonymous
Programming is difficult. At its core, it is about managing complexity. Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make. Quality is illusive and elusive.
Douglas Crockford
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people's mistakes.
Anonymous