Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
XML is like violence - if it's not working for you, you're not using enough of it.
Anonymous
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
Jamie Zawinski
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
Donald Knuth
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
How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity —in short: what mathematicians call "elegance"— are not a dispensable luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure?
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Selecting a project due date before the requirements are properly gathered is like selecting which corner you want to paint yourself into, while simultaneously negating the doorway as a viable option.
Chris Ames
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
Most people find the concept of programming obvious, but the doing impossible.
Alan J. Perlis
I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
Kent Beck
Python's syntax succeeds in combining the mistakes of Lisp and Fortran. I do not construe that as progress.
Larry Wall