Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Sure, it's overkill. But you can never have too much overkill...
Anonymous
A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying razors.
Waldi Ravens
Think of all the psychic energy expended in seeking a fundamental distinction between "algorithm" and "program".
Alan J. Perlis
It works on my machine.
Anonymous
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
Giving pointers and threads to programmers is like giving whisky and car keys to teenagers.
P. J. O'Rourke
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
Singleton is a misconcept in OOP unless it's used as a misconcepted paradigm for application development.
Anonymous
Must be zero, or equal to MAPI_UNICODE. In either case, however, this parameter is ignored.
MSDN
Confidence, n.: The feeling you have before you understand the situation.
Anonymous