Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it.
Steve McConnell
If you use copy and paste while you're coding, you're probably committing a design error.
David Parnas
All real programmers know C of course.
Jeff Atwood
There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.
Bjarne Stroustrup
Singleton is a misconcept in OOP unless it's used as a misconcepted paradigm for application development.
Anonymous
If it is worth doing once, it is worth automating...
Anonymous
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
Larry Wall
Around computers it is difficult to find the correct unit of time to measure progress. Some cathedrals took a century to complete. Can you imagine the grandeur and scope of a program that would take as long?
Alan J. Perlis
C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog.
Steve Taylor
Software with no bugs is obsolete.
Anonymous