Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Elegance is not optional.
Richard A. O'Keefe (from The Craft of Prolog)
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code.
Richard Pattis
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.
Alan J. Perlis
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
Anonymous
Like punning, programming is a play on words.
Alan J. Perlis
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
Alan J. Perlis
If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime.
Anonymous
I hate code, and I want as little of it in our product as possible.
Jack Diederich
Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
Alan J. Perlis