Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Shipping is a feature.
Richard Campbell
Most people find the concept of programming obvious, but the doing impossible.
Alan J. Perlis
I Hate Programming.
Anonymous
I Hate Programming.
I Hate Programming.
It works!
I Love Programming.
Question: How does a large software project get to be one year late? Answer: One day at a time!
Fred Brooks
They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.
Janet Reno
Elegance is not optional.
Richard A. O'Keefe (from The Craft of Prolog)
The sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous
It seems to me you can program with discipline or you can program with bondage and discipline. You can't avoid the discipline either way, but bondage appeals to some people.
Patrick Logan
Over the centuries the Indians developed sign language for communicating phenomena of interest. Programmers from different tribes (FORTRAN, LISP, ALGOL, SNOBOL, etc.) could use one that doesn't require them to carry a blackboard on their ponies.
Alan J. Perlis
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Alan J. Perlis