Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
Hofstadter's Law
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
P. J. Plauger
I've never written the best code I've ever written.
Anonymous
The Internet? Is that thing still around?
Homer Simpson
Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying.
John Carmack on software patents
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
Alan J. Perlis
The function name should define everything the function does.
Anonymous
Manually managing blocks of memory in C is like juggling bars of soap in a prison shower: It's all fun and games until you forget about one of them.
Anonymous
To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.
Alan J. Perlis