Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
Alan J. Perlis
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
Rich Kulawiec
I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code.
Anonymous
If you use copy and paste while you're coding, you're probably committing a design error.
David Parnas
It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.
Steve McConnell
If you want to set off and go develop some grand new thing, you don't need millions of dollars of capitalization. You need enough pizza and Diet Coke to stick in your refrigerator, a cheap PC to work on and the dedication to go through with it.
John Carmack
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
You think you know when you can learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
Alan J. Perlis
Software isn't about methodologies, languages, or even operating systems. It is about working applications.
Christopher Baus