Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
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
As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.
Dave Parnas
Software and cathedrals are much the same - first we build them, then we pray.
Anonymous
Like wine, the mastery of programming matures with time. But, unlike wine, it gets sweeter in the process.
Lawrence Mucheka
There are only two industries that refer to their customers as users: the computer industry and the drug trade.
Edward Tufte
The evolution of languages: FORTRAN is a non-typed language. C is a weakly typed language. Ada is a strongly typed language. C++ is a strongly hyped language.
Ron Sercely
Users are a terrible thing. Systems would be infinitely more stable without them.
Michael T. Nygard.
Yes, sometimes Perl looks like line noise to the uninitiated, but to the seasoned Perl programmer, it looks like checksummed line noise with a mission in life.
Randal Schwartz
On the 7th day ... God began debugging.
Anonymous
Saying that Java is good because it works on all platforms is like saying anal sex is good because it works on all genders.
Anonymous